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BlokeUK
Oct 01, 2012Aspirant
ReadyNas NV+ V2 4 bay questions
Hello :D I am looking to purchase either the ReadyNas NV+ V2 4 bay or the Synology Ds413(j) in the next few days, but I would appreciate some clarification before I make a final decision. I ha...
toomanybarts
Oct 07, 2012Aspirant
PapaBear - yeah I have a bootCD with WDIDLE3 on it - I need to borrow a friends PC as I was getting errors - it seems my SATA controller on the host PC is via PCi and not directly on the motherboard - or something like that, I cant remember the exact error, but its a known limitation of WDIDLE3!
One question I have is that you mention disabling the head parking allows the NAS to control it - I have not heard that mentioned before?
If so, then maybe when I do set WDIDLE I should disable it completely?
All other posts seem to suggest using the /s300 switch which would set the timer at 300seconds...
One question I have is that you mention disabling the head parking allows the NAS to control it - I have not heard that mentioned before?
If so, then maybe when I do set WDIDLE I should disable it completely?
All other posts seem to suggest using the /s300 switch which would set the timer at 300seconds...
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