Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Gtech drives sleeping for no apparent reason

I have 3 Gtech FW800 drives chained together via my MacBook Pro FW800 bus. Gtech says it is fine to chain 5 together.


I have UN-chcked the box in System Prefs > Energy Saver > "put hard drives to sleep when possible". And yet, my Gtech drives fall asleep after roughly 15 minutes of down time. They are then very slow to spin back up and I get the dreaded pinwheel. This makes me nervous.


Time Machine is OFF.


I also have 2 FW400 drives and they *never* spin down.


Anyone else experiencing this with Gtech FW800 drives - purchased at an Apple Store?


Any solutions?


Should I switch to another brand of FW800 drive?


thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 15, 2013 7:33 PM

Reply
Question marked as Best reply

Posted on Aug 4, 2013 11:09 AM

Via a post on DigiDesign's ProTools forum, I have determined that G-tech drives are NOT at all happy with ProTools. Hence I will be getting rid of these drives.

1 reply

Gtech drives sleeping for no apparent reason

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple ID.