Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the Lacie USB 1TB drive. Like it a lot except that it won't spin down. Seems you can't get USB drives to spin down. Anyone know of a fix? I just don't turn on my external drive unless I need it. Eric On 8/2/06, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > Any piece of electronics can fail. Most large packaged external hard > drives have more than one physical drive inside, and the bridge connecting > them, being a piece of electronics, can fail. It probably would have worked > to put those 250GB drives individually into a USB BYO enclosure and > mounting > them one at a time. And the bridge board is an easily replaced unit. > > In my experience, temperature and vibration (in that order) are the most > toxic to electronics. > > I have two 500GB LaCie units, but I also have a spare IDE bridge in case > one of them fries. > > The LaCie 1TB units, which are newer (and more expensive) seem to have > fewer reports of failures of the electronics inside. > > And LaCie is very good about providing parts for do-it-yourself or > out-of-warranty repairs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >