#370 HDD heat up

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: teodoro.... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use an HDD on the wlxkj652
2. Use the same HDD on a PC usb port.
3. See that the HDD with the wlxkj652 heat up much more than with the pc.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expected the same temperature in both cases. But the difference is huge.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

SNAKE OS V1.3.2 (20111019), Windows 7 and 8.

Please provide any additional information below.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: stefansc...@googlemail.com

It's probably because snake os keeps the disk spinning. Can you try to install this package?

https://code.google.com/p/snake-os/downloads/detail?name=hd-idle-1.04.opk

Hd-idle will attempt to spin down the disk if they are not in use. You have to turn it on from Services->Hdidle after installation.

If you have something constantly accessing the disk hd-idle won't help much though.