Package: wnpp Owner: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <ani...@debian.org> Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
* Package name : idle3-tools Version : 0.9.1 Upstream Author : Christophe Bothamy * URL : http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL-3.0+ Programming Lang: C Description : change the idle3 timer of recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and set the value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western Digital Hard Disk Drives. . It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environment. . A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new settings to be taken into account. . Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature that stops the disk when not in use. . Unfortunately, the default timer setting is not perfect on linux/unix systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic increase of the Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193). . If you have a Western Digital EADS or EARS drive, please check your SMART information before it's too late by running the following command: . sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep "^193" . If the Load cycle count exceeds 1000, you're probably affected by the idle3 timer problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120410071954.ga5...@debian.org
