Hard drive hyper active after upgrade

[cobra991]

I just upgraded my Tivo Series 2 80G DT to a WD 320G drive and now I hear the hard drive going all the time, even when in standby and not recording anything. Is this normal and does the drive always run no matter what? I don't remember hearing the original drive when the system was in standby.

[Mavrick22]

Yes this is normal but your original drive more than likely had acoustic management enabled and the new one does not.

Since you say you used a western digital drive download the hitachi feature tool from: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm and use this program to enable the accoustic management of your new Western digital drive.

[cobra991]

thanks, i'll try that

[cobra991]

which one are you talking about? there's several things on that page

[cobra991]

found it, thanks

[cobra991]

btw, how often do you have to replace the drive since it runs 24/7? It seems to me it won't last very long with it doing seeks and stuff 24/7

[Mavrick22]

btw, how often do you have to replace the drive since it runs 24/7? It seems to me it won't last very long with it doing seeks and stuff 24/7

My original drive went for 3 years non stop and was still fine when I replaced it I just wanted more space.

I have seen where others have only gotten a year out of theres but this is a rare occurance I believe.

[Teach]

My drive did the same noise at first, but I think it's just writing down information onto the drive at first. After the first 20 mins, the drive quieted down and now it doesn't make a sound unless it's recording.