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External hard drive constantly busy.
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I just took a new 1 Tb G-Tech G Drive Q into service.
It's constantly running, even if nothing is copied to it. Constant scratching noises.
My old G-Tech (500 Gb) spins down after copying things to it and is quiet as a mouse.
What could be the reason?
It can't be copying in the background as I'm not using Time Machine with it.
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Idle spindown is up to the case's controller. Some (like oxford) are good, and allow spindown. Others just run the drive endlessly.
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My other G-Tech ( a bit older) spins down.
The new one's doesn't. It has an Oxford chip set.
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It has an Oxford 934 chip set.
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My old PATA FW enclosure has an oxford 911+, it spins down. The other enclosure is a USB/esata with generic chipset, which I haven't used enough to notice.
Check with G-Tech, see if there is a firmware update available? It might be worthwhile to check the Oxford site for firmware too.
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There is a software on this external hard drive that helps you enable Time Machine. Maybe it's the culprit, keeping the drive busy (even though I didn't enable Time Machine).
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