Hmmm... I have a similar machine, DP1GHZ also with 4 hard drives and 2 optical drives. I don't let the hard drives sleep. I've never had an issue, but if i were you i'de check with the disk utility right away and verify each drive to see if leopard sees a problem, it could be a hd failing...
-Jonas On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Demetrius <babag...@gmail.com> wrote: > every so often, maybe once or twice an hour, there is this pause, i > hear a hard drive not sure which one spinning up (or down?), sometimes > i get the spinning circle, and it last from 5-10 seconds. very > annoying. never, or rarely happens on my old G3 powerbook, or my G5 at > work... > > it seems that perhaps it's not the OS disk that is starting and > stopping, as it happens in the middle of doing something, when i > presume the os drive should be in use... i have > > it's a G4 Mirror Door Drive, Dual 1.25ghz, 1GB RAM, running 10.5.8 > > could it be that i have OS installed on not the optimum drive? there > are four drives in it, and i just randomly choose one... (got in on > ebay a year ago) > > in System Prefs --> Energy Saver, should i leave box unchecked that > would put drive(s) to sleep when possible? or will that cause > unnecessary wear... seems crazy to leave all the drives running all > the time!? > > many thanks in advance for any help. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
