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Author: | RonAshman [ June 16th, 2020, 5:30 ] |
Post subject: | Factory reset? |
Hi, I have a Seagate Video 3.5 HDD. Model S1G25GKN - ST1000VM002-1CT162, firmware version SC23. Long story short: it's from a DirecTV DVR they never picked up, 2 years have passed since I canceled the service so I opened it up and took the disk. Computer recognized it randomly every a few boots and I fixed it with this guide by disabling the PUIS mode and has worked ok ever since. That'd be like 2 weeks now. My question is: Sometimes when I access the disk I'll hear it starts spinning, like it is turning on. Like when I boot up the computer. Is this normal? Was it off and then came on when I tried to use it? I'm worried it might get damaged, and since I don't quite understand how it works I'm asking if maybe I had to change something else. Is there some way to reset all setting to factory state? When it was firstly shipped and intended to be used in a computer? Sorry for the noobness and thanks in advance. |
Author: | fzabkar [ June 16th, 2020, 18:33 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Factory reset? |
Check the power settings in your computer. Some power profiles will spin down your drives after a certain period of idle time. Alternatively, the drive's firmware may have a default APM setting which needs to be changed. |
Author: | RonAshman [ June 17th, 2020, 0:41 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Factory reset? |
Hi, Thank you for answering. I disabled the "Turn off after..." option. I'll check if I still hear this sound I mentioned. I used to have dual boot but stopped using Mint, so I'm only on Windows now. In the meantime I read about APM and learnt a few things about using HDDGuru and hdparmtool. I was hoping there'd be some kind of "reset everything to factory defaults" but I think there isn't. I'll wait a few days to check if I still hear this on/off sound. Thanks a lot. |
Author: | Jerry West [ June 18th, 2020, 3:06 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Factory reset? |
fzabkar wrote: Check the power settings in your computer. Some power profiles will spin down your drives after a certain period of idle time. Alternatively, the drive's firmware may have a default APM setting which needs to be changed. You are right,the drive's firmware may have a default APM setting which needs to be changed. |
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