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WD20EARX is too green for its own good
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Tom Del Rosso
Apr 2, 2012, 5:36:57 PM4/2/12
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A WD20EARX is in a USB dock. If you run this batch file with a sleep delay
of 11 seconds, the Load Cycle Count increments every time. With 8 to 10
seconds, sometimes, and with 5 seconds it never increments.
@echo off
:loop
smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdg |find /i "Load_Cycle_Count"
sleep %1
goto :loop
So I want to change the sleep timeout. I recall that the firmware update
wdidle3 was discussed in early September, but the utility is made for other
models.
If you use it on the wrong WD model does it safely abort, or make a brick?
This WD20EARX-00PASB0 drive is now connected with a USB dock. Does firmware
update require an internal connection?
I ask because this is also needed on some USB drives like WD20EADS-11R6B1
and WD20EARS-00MVWB0.
Is there a way to update those?
Ideally I wish it wasn't hard-coded, but I don't suppose you can make the
timeout even longer, can you?
And finally, what is the timeout on other brands?
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Arno
Apr 2, 2012, 7:58:47 PM4/2/12
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Tom Del Rosso <td...@verizon.net.invalid> wrote:
> A WD20EARX is in a USB dock. If you run this batch file with a sleep
> delay of 11 seconds, the Load Cycle Count increments every time. With 8
> to 10 seconds, sometimes, and with 5 seconds it never increments.
> @echo off
> :loop
> smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdg |find /i "Load_Cycle_Count"
> sleep %1
> goto :loop
> So I want to change the sleep timeout. I recall that the firmware update
> wdidle3 was discussed in early September, but the utility is made for
> other models.
> If you use it on the wrong WD model does it safely abort, or make a brick?
As discussed then, there is a strong warning on the WD page,
> A WD20EARX is in a USB dock. If you run this batch file with a sleep
> delay of 11 seconds, the Load Cycle Count increments every time. With 8
> to 10 seconds, sometimes, and with 5 seconds it never increments.
> @echo off
> :loop
> smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdg |find /i "Load_Cycle_Count"
> sleep %1
> goto :loop
> So I want to change the sleep timeout. I recall that the firmware update
> wdidle3 was discussed in early September, but the utility is made for
> other models.
> If you use it on the wrong WD model does it safely abort, or make a brick?
but the tool is not that specific. It just works on other,
sufficiently new WD models, so neither ;-)
> This WD20EARX-00PASB0 drive is now connected with a USB dock. Does
> firmware update require an internal connection?
sets a parameter.
> I ask because this is also needed on some USB drives like WD20EADS-11R6B1
> and WD20EARS-00MVWB0.
> Is there a way to update those?
http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
There is also more info on what command is used on that page.
> Ideally I wish it wasn't hard-coded, but I don't suppose you can make the
> timeout even longer, can you?
> And finally, what is the timeout on other brands?
really model-specific, but usage specific.
Arno
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Tom Del Rosso
Apr 2, 2012, 11:17:42 PM4/2/12
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Arno wrote:
>
> > This WD20EARX-00PASB0 drive is now connected with a USB dock. Does
> > firmware update require an internal connection?
>
> Why would you want to do a firmware upgrade? wdidle3 just
> sets a parameter.
do anything besides the parameter.
> > I ask because this is also needed on some USB drives like
> > WD20EADS-11R6B1 and WD20EARS-00MVWB0.
>
> > Is there a way to update those?
>
> wdidle3? You can also use the Linux port somebody made of wdidle3:
> http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
> There is also more info on what command is used on that page.
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