[X4U] External FireWire Cases

[Randy B.Singer]

KJS said:

>Can I get the Argosy to spin down? The internal drive of the Mac it's
>attached to does and I have the settings prefs set for such, but the Argosy
>keeps on going (like the Energizer Bunny).


I'm afraid that getting non-apple hard drives (both internal and 
external) to spin down has always been a problem with Macs, and it has 
nothing to do with the case kit, but rather it has to do with the hard 
drive mechanism used.  It was even a problem with SCSI drives.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25801

Some hard drive mechanisms can be coaxed to spin down using jumpers on 
the drive.



Randy B. Singer
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Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
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