Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Peter. My hubs are not self-powered. I guess that's the problem. I'll order a self-powered hub and see if that fixes the problem Thanks! Tina On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > Tina, > > Can I ask a really silly question, please? Are you sure that it is W10 that > turns off the disks and not some other s/w or h/w? Could it be perhaps a > disk > manager (separate from W10) that you run? > > How are your disks connected to your W10 machine? > > I have a number of (USB) disks connected to W10 and they don't spin down > unless > I specifically turn them off. They all access the W10 box via a set of > hubs. W10 > doesn't attempt to control the hubs or the disks. Actually it can't > because the > hubs - and most of the disks - are self-powered and don't draw power via > the > machine. W10 knows that the hubs exist; it can tell me that what devices > are > connected through the hubs, but it has no control over power-up and down. > > My solution would be to ensure that the hubs are self powered and that the > disks > are drawing power from the hubs and not from the W10 box. > > Happy to take this off-line if you want to. > > Regards, > > Peter > > On 28/09/2016 16:25, Tina Manley wrote: > > Yes, that was one of the fixes suggested by the Windows forums, but it > > doesn't work. I've tried setting it to never turn off and all various > > times but nothing works. Mine is My Custom Plan instead of Balanced and > > right now I have it set to never turn off - still does, though. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > wrote: > > > >> Try going into Control Panel > Power Options > >> > >> You are probably on 'Balanced'? > >> > >> Click on 'Change plan settings" > >> > >> Then "Changed advanced power settings" > >> > >> On my test machine it is set to turn off Hard disk after 20 > minutes....... > >> > >> john > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> I am past the allowed time to switch back to Windows 7 easily. I could > >> download it and reinstall it, but that would mean reinstalling all of my > >> programs. The thought of that makes me very tired :-( > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:12 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> > wrote: > >> > >>> Don't use Windows 10? > >>> > >>> ;-) john > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.fr at leica-users.org] On > >>> Behalf Of Tina Manley > >>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2016 5:08 p.m. > >>> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; > >>> Olympus > >>> Camera Discussion > >>> Subject: [Leica] Windows 10 Annoyance > >>> > >>> PESO: > >>> > >>> I am having a terrible problem with Windows 10. All of my hard drives > >>> go to sleep after less than 5 minutes if I am not accessing them > >> constantly. > >>> Since I have 12 external drives set up with all of my photos on them, > >>> this is an extreme annoyance. > >>> > >>> I have read all of the supposed fixes proposed on all of the Windows > >>> sites and forums and none of them work. > >>> > >>> Do any of the geniuses here have any ideas? > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tina Manley > >>> www.tinamanley.com > >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > >>> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html