Hi,
I have recently bought a WD HDD and it is now running extremely slow and when accessed it makes a faint spin up spin down noise.
I read in this post https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/924306/ that thefunkymunky found a remedy but did not post it. please read the following from funkymunky as it is exactly what i am experiencing:
What model number is your WD drive? Is it the 1TB version of the 500GB I have recently put in my MBP? (WDC WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0)
The reason I ask is that these drives have some power-saving feature built-in which conflicts with the Sudden Motion Sensor built-in to Mac notebooks. This causes the drive to spin down and spin up every few seconds causing lag. You'll notice this by a faint clicking sound when you put your ear near the hard drive to the right of the trackpad. I remedied the problem. Just wondering if the issue is the same with yours first though.
If anyone can help that would be much aprreciated.
MacRumors Newbie.
I have recently bought a WD HDD and it is now running extremely slow and when accessed it makes a faint spin up spin down noise.
I read in this post https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/924306/ that thefunkymunky found a remedy but did not post it. please read the following from funkymunky as it is exactly what i am experiencing:
What model number is your WD drive? Is it the 1TB version of the 500GB I have recently put in my MBP? (WDC WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0)
The reason I ask is that these drives have some power-saving feature built-in which conflicts with the Sudden Motion Sensor built-in to Mac notebooks. This causes the drive to spin down and spin up every few seconds causing lag. You'll notice this by a faint clicking sound when you put your ear near the hard drive to the right of the trackpad. I remedied the problem. Just wondering if the issue is the same with yours first though.
If anyone can help that would be much aprreciated.
MacRumors Newbie.