Maxtor Ext HD Freezes

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Maxtor Ext HD Freezes

Posted by Derek Feeney on August 27, 2007 at 1:46 am

I just got a Maxtor III 1tb HD for my intel macbook pro. Material is captured from a mini dv cam and stored at dv quality.
the Maxtor freezes if I walk away, log clips for a long period of time(mini Dv) or use another program while both FCP is open and the HD is on and connected.
When I unplug the drive I loose the spinning ball so Im able to save my work. but then the drive wont start up until a couple of tries turning it off/on.

Any Idea what is causing this and what a solution might be?

Thanks
Derek

Walter Biscardi replied 18 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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Walter Biscardi
August 27, 2007 at 1:52 am

Most likely your drive is falling asleep.

System Preferences > Energy Settings

Turn OFF the switch “Put Hard drive to Sleep when possible.”

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Derek Feeney
August 27, 2007 at 3:47 am

When I goto the Energy Saver preference I see a box checked that says “PUT HARD DISK TO SLEEP WHEN POSSIBLE” .Will un checking this work for both Internal and external Hard Drives. What I want is to separalty control the Maxtors sleep function .

Thanks
Derek
David Roth weiss
August 27, 2007 at 4:59 am

[vizual d] “Will un checking this work for both Internal and external Hard Drives. What I want is to separalty control the Maxtors sleep function .”

Why??? You should have this turned off on all drives. Apple recommends turning off all power saving features in the FCP installation manual.

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Walter Biscardi
August 28, 2007 at 12:57 am

[David Roth Weiss] “Why??? You should have this turned off on all drives. Apple recommends turning off all power saving features in the FCP installation manual.”

What he said.

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