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    hard drive always running killing battery life

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by burnjo, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. burnjo

    burnjo Newbie

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    Hello,

    I recently got a lenovo x200s from a legit ebay lenovo seller that came with an upgraded 500gb 7200rpm hard drive.

    The problem is that the hard drive is running at All times. I can tell from the sound as well as slight vibration. Even with the lowest power settings, and just letting it idle, it runs. I tried playing with the power manager, and having the hard drive stop activity after 30 seconds of inactivity, it keeps running. I turned off indexing on the c as well as the lenovo back up drive, its still running. The hard drive activity light is only flickering, and the processes seem totally normal. What is up?

    I'd say this also has to be the reason i'm only getting like 2 hours with the 4 cell and very low power settings, which is unacceptable. Or are hard drives supposed to be always running? But I dont think my netbook does.. Its running windows 7.

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks guys
     
    burnjo, Feb 22, 2010
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  2. frozenpeas

    frozenpeas Notebook Guru

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    go into the advance power settings in windows 7. there is a tree. click the hard drive and make sure its not on sleep - never. thats the only thing i can think of
     
    frozenpeas, Feb 22, 2010
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