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Jobbigvolvo
Jun 17, 2011Aspirant
WD30EZRX Any problems ?
Its not on the official compatibility list ofc, but im hoping thats just a matter of time. Tho a confirmation from someone thats actually tried one would be much appreciated. This is for an Ultra4 p...
StephenB
Jul 20, 2012Guru - Experienced User
I haven't tried it, but if I understand what it does correctly, I don't think it will help you. It increases a threshold, so that the drives take longer to park after disk activity ends.
gandalfnet wrote: Has anyone tried the NV+ V2 with 5.3.5 firmware with the wdidle3.exe /d Mod on the WD30EZRX Drives?
Did it fix the NAS crash on Large File copies?
Does anyone think that the wdidle3 trick would help at all?
Cheers!
Keith
However, when you are doing a large file transfer the drives are always active, so the heads should never be parking anyway.
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