Hacking Spin-down - Sleepmode Tool for 2,5'' USB HDD?

[RolfThiel]

Hi,
using the USB Loader - I experience the problem with some games that crash down because my 2,5'' Samsung HDD (160GB) seems to shut down (sleep mode?) when the Wii is not loading new data. I already checked the Samsung website, but didn't find any solution for this problem.
Is there a useful Tool to set a different sleep time for my HDD?

Thanks in advance!

 

[RolfThiel]

Couldn't find any helpful Post - would appreciate any link ...
Again ... Thanks!

 

[cr00k]

Is you external hard drive powered by the Wii USB port?

 

[RolfThiel]

Yes, 2,5'' - only powered by the Wii USB.
Tried both ways - using just one or two USB connectors. Both ways work fine - after 40-60 minutes of playing the HDD shuts down.
The HDD is listed as working in the wiki.gbatemp compatibility list (Samsung 160GB 2,5'') ...

 

[cr00k]

there should be more people with exactly the same problem..

/edit: you could try this
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_...gement_features

tell me how it works (i'm planning to get an usb powered hdd)

 

[pro2oman]

couldent this problem be fixed within the loader it's self?? i mean so that it make's sure that the drive is on and starts it if it had stopped??

 

[hdhacker]

See this post regarding hdparm.

 

[RolfThiel]

See this post regarding hdparm.

Hmm ... scary post, but I think I will give it a try if I can't wait for a rev11 ...
Anyway, THANKS a lot for your advices!

Also, thanks to my wife who made me think about using the discs again for the games I want to play longer then 40 minutes ...

Cheers!
RT