Posted April 6, 2017 I've recently bought two WD Gold 2TB drives for using as "important data" storage using software RAID 1 (mirrored) in my workstation. The Power Management Plan is set on Performance (with HDD Sleep set to Never), but these drives seems to enter in sleep mode after a while! If I access them they make a sound and start spinning. The data become available after 2-3 seconds. When I shut down the system, I think the HDDs are making the same sound (parking heads). Should I be worried? How I can turn off the sleep feature? I believed that WD Gold are for continuous use and don't park their heads often, like WD Green for example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 6, 2017 one thing that crosses my mind is the drives weren't validated on that controller it's a bit odd you chose golds instead of WD reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 6, 2017 first off these are drives i didnt even know were a thing. but since they seem to exist then its probably something with the SATA controller. you could get a PCI SATA controller for pretty cheap which could solve your problem but thats no guarante either. go through the BIOS and look for relevant settings in there I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays... nothing, it just sits there collecting dust... Builds: The Toaster Project! Northern Bee! The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0) Spoiler "Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. #1. Treat others as you would like to be treated. #2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt. #3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place. Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 6, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said: first off these are drives i didnt even know were a thing. but since they seem to exist then its probably something with the SATA controller. you could get a PCI SATA controller for pretty cheap which could solve your problem but thats no guarante either. go through the BIOS and look for relevant settings in there I know that these are the "old" Re drives, now re-branded as Gold. I am using the Mirrored feature from Windows 10 Storage Spaces. I will look into BIOS for something, but I also have a new Black drive that is not parking like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 7, 2017 Author On 4/6/2017 at 10:26 AM, zMeul said: one thing that crosses my mind is the drives weren't validated on that controller it's a bit odd you chose golds instead of WD reds I don't have a RAID controller. I just use them as mirrored under Windows 10 Storage Spaces. I think the drives are going by default into sleep mode after a while, just to save energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 7, 2017 1 minute ago, bographics said: I don't have a RAID controller. I just use them as mirrored under Windows 10 Storage Spaces. I think the drives are going by default into sleep mode after a while, just to save energy. best thing would be to contact WD, there might be firmware issue as I said, these drives don't usually end up in desktops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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