[Slothtyper]

There are a lot of problems with HD Power Management and drive clicking and unfortunately the usual fix doesn't work with Snow Leopard. Anyone here using a 320-500GB drive and Snow Leopard who doesn't have this problem?

So far the 500GB WD Scorpio Blue, and 320GB Seagate Momentus are known to be affected. Please post your experiences here so I can get a list going and hopefully find a drive that doesn't have this problem.

And if anyone finds a fix for SL even better, please post that!! Thanks.

[WolfKeeper]

I don't have a clicking issue. Scorpio Blue.

[w7ox]

Is this a real problem or an urban legend? My stock 10v (160 GB HDD) makes no drive noise (I can't hear it ever). Why would a larger drive make a difference -- unless running at a higher speed? And why would 10.6 be worse than 10.5?

Phil

[Slothtyper]

Originally Posted by WolfKeeper

I don't have a clicking issue. Scorpio Blue.

Oh, with SL right? I must have read something wrong in the other thread.

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Originally Posted by w7ox

Is this a real problem or an urban legend? My stock 10v (160 GB HDD) makes no drive noise (I can't hear it ever). Why would a larger drive make a difference -- unless running at a higher speed? And why would 10.6 be worse than 10.5?

Phil

It′s a power management thing and very real. A larger drive doesn′t make a difference, but we already know what smaller drives work It′s not that 10.6 is worse, they are equal, it′s just that the 10.5 fix doesn′t work in 10.6 and there is no known fix that will.

I guess the WD Scorpio Blue is one answer.

[msjulie]

is this issue limited to dell minis or any notebook?

Originally Posted by WolfKeeper

I don't have a clicking issue. Scorpio Blue.

I've got the WD Scorpio Blue (500)....w/ clicking.....mind if I ask the details of your install....ie BIOS, 10.6.?, NBI version, etc...? Just wondering if I missed something. In fact I even checked the load cycles - pretty high number. Any thoughts? Thanks.

[Slothtyper]

Originally Posted by msjulie

is this issue limited to dell minis or any notebook?

Any, some Macbook Pro′s even came from Apple doing it!

Just thought I'd mention, I think Mac is using Hitachi drives, but I'll have to see if I can confirm that....try to re-post later.

Maybe Seagate actually : http://www.retrodata.co.uk/notice_ap...ate_drives.php

[mthomasdo]

Dell Mini 10V with 2GB RAM and 640GB WD Blue. No issues.

[WolfKeeper]

I installed from a 10.6.0 DVD using NBI 0.8.3 final, then upgraded via software update.