Dear All,
I have upgraded my TC 2nd generation with a 3TB Western Digital HDD. I notice the drive tries to spin down but immediately spins up again after about 5 minitues. Did anybody find a remedy on this ? It was tested with no cables connected and wifi off as wel at the same time; same problem.
Thanks for your advice !
Time Capsule-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Sorry for the typo's, and the message is not too clear; spinning down and up is instant, and it happens about every 5 minutes.
Cheers!
There is no solution.. the 3TB are not suitable.
And the continual spinning up and down and head parking will ruin the drive. Use it directly connected to the computer in a usb or firewire enclosure. Use the 2TB drive which is not advanced format in the TC.
Thanks for your quick response ! Can you recommend a brand/type that works though (3TB) ?
Thanks / Merci !
I only look like a stingray.. no French in me!! LOL!
It is a long story.
I am not sure.. but perhaps you can fix the 3TB.. there is not much experience out there.. but in general people have run into issues.
Read around.. for some reason, the series 1 has less issues than series 2 but I cannot see the forum reference.
You might be able to do something.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1367904
You will need to stick the drive onto a pc and run the utilities from WD, maybe you can reset the drive behaviour.
The 2TB green WD is fine.. but not the advanced geometry.
See articles about AF
http://www.wdc.com/global/products/features/?id=7&language=1
So the WD ordinary green forget the number.
Most 7200 are fine.. the power saving and temp reduction for green drives is neglible.
But Hitachi drives which work fine run hot.. don't buy them.
Seagate or Samsung should be fine. .drives are in short supply especially as people avoid the AF drives. They tend to be left on the shelves.
Before you buy just google for success stories.
TC 2nd generation 3TB WD Caviar green HD does not spin down
