Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:43:56 -0400 From: Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> To: jason <jason@ec.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to turn off the HDD? How to reduce the overall noise? Message-ID: <3F8CB46C.3020602@rbcmail.ru> In-Reply-To: <3F81DFDF.7020903@ec.rr.com> References: <3F810695.5040806@rbcmail.ru> <3F81DFDF.7020903@ec.rr.com>
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I do not have a monitor around my FreeBSD box, so there is no way of accessing the BIOS. Is there any utility that can do that for me from FreeBSD? On 2003-10-06 17:34, jason wrote: > This is most easily done in the bios. Check for power settings or > energy saver features. You can tell the bios to power down the hard > drive after 1 min or an hour later. In your case I would set it to 1 > min, so about 1 min after you boot and login the hard drive will power > down, unless you touch the mouse or keyboard. > > Constantine wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> My hard disc drive seems to be too noisy for me. I want to test, how >> much idle noise would the system make with the hard drive turned off. >> I do not want to unplug the wires, since I have had a lot of problems >> last time I did that. Is there any command / utility that can turn my >> HDD off for a minute or so? >> >> Are there any other utility that may help me reduce the noise in my >> system? >> >> Right now I have IBM Deskstar 60GXP 41.0GB IC35L040AVER07-0, and I am >> considering to change it to IBM (Hitachi) Deskstar 180GXP 60GB >> IC35L060AVV207-0, or may be even Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 80GB >> HDS722580VLAT20. Have anyone experienced any of those? Are they any >> different in the idle noise they produce? >> >> My motherboard is AOpen AX4G-N Intel 845G(+ICH4) chipset. >> >> Cheers, >> Constantine. >
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