hdd problems

[nightshift]

I have sucessfully installed os x 10.4.8 and everything works fine, except hdd (WD Scorpio 800BEVS). Iam getting strange sounds from it (as it is parking and unparking head) i have no issues of this kind on any other os, so i suspect there is some fault in os x sata drivers. Mobo chipset is 945gm (ich7-m). Any suggestions ?

[Taruga]

Go to System Preferences -> Energy Saver and unselect Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible

[nightshift]

Thanks Taruga, i tried that but with no luck

[XStylus]

I have sucessfully installed os x 10.4.8 and everything works fine, except hdd (WD Scorpio 800BEVS). Iam getting strange sounds from it (as it is parking and unparking head) i have no issues of this kind on any other os, so i suspect there is some fault in os x sata drivers. Mobo chipset is 945gm (ich7-m). Any suggestions ?

 

This probably won't work (especially since your unit isn't a real Mac), but you can try disabling OSX's anti-shock motion sensing function.

 

There are problems with Scorpio drives in that its built-in anti-shock sensor conflicts with OSX's own anti-shock software, although it depends on a motion sensor in genuine Macbooks. Obviously, your machine isn't a genuine Macbook so it almost definitely doesn't have a motion sensor, but perhaps some freak bug is tripping the software in OSX. Hey, weirder things have happened.

 

Below is a summary of how to disable it, according to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300724.

 

1. From the Finder's Go menu, choose Utilities.

2. In the Utilities folder, open Terminal.

3. In Terminal, you can disable the Sudden Motion Sensor by typing sudo pmset -a sms 0 and pressing Return (changing the setting to a zero disables the module).

4. Type your administrator password when you are prompted and press Return.

5. Type the sudo pmset -g command again to be sure that the setting has been applied.

 

Let us know how it goes. :censored2: