hdd help pls!!


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ganni666

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7. April 2012 @ 10:22

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hello,
i have a gaming pc with 2 hard drives installed one sata
and one idle
now sometimes i hear a noise like when you shutdown the pc, its like a whistling sound sort of. now i have searched for this problem and i find out that i have to set the hdd drive not in sleep mode. is this the problem of this noise?
thanks

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ps355528

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7. April 2012 @ 11:26

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do you have any wireless hardware attached?.. seems more like that kind of noise to me.. 5 basic senses are good, if the drive you suspect is not doing anything unplug it.

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ganni666

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7. April 2012 @ 11:54

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all i have wireless is the xbox 360 controller, but its always off(with battries removed)
can you tell me a step by step guide how to make the hard drive not in sleepmode, im using windows 7
i think the noise is from the hdd when it goes to sleepmode
thanks

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ddp

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7. April 2012 @ 12:19

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go into power options in control panel & set it to "never".

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ganni666

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7. April 2012 @ 12:37

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ok thanks so this goes for both hard drives?