Does this drive have a power down feature after a certain amount of inactivity? Similar to a "green" mode in other drives.
905425
I have 5 Canvios of different sizes, including this one. Each one will stop spinning and 'sleep' after a few minutes of inactivity which is great since no one wants any disk spinning 24/7. It usually takes several seconds to spin them back up and the activity lights are good indicators. Hope that helps a little.
905426
Not green it is black and does not power down. I rather doubt it uses much power since it is USB powered.
897450
Been using it for some time and haven't had that problem. I have 5 drives, three which are on all the time and two which I switch between between power offs. Have never had a drive fry.
2181937
Yes, the last setting prior to powering off the unit is the "default" upon start up.
987497
This drive is USB powered - it actually features dual USB connections in case one is underpowered on your computer. There may also be an option to use a separate power supply but I have not tried that.
173978
Yes, behind the red slider. It slowly blinks when the drive is plugged in and idle.
438118
I don't recall. The laptop completely died within a month of installing this drive. The drive worked fine, the power supply died. I no longer have it so can't look and see what the Brand name was. /sorry
1010213
You should be good to go. I don't keep it up all the time, but I have left it connected for weeks at a time. The hard drive is out in the open so it won't really overheat, and there is a power switch on it, so you can turn it off but leave it all setup when the drive is not in use.
2192895
There's now way of knowing that. Some of it is just chance. I've had drives last 7 years and some have lasted a few months. Also environment plays a part in that. If you have a crappy power supply that puts too much voltage or current or unstable voltages and currents into the drive, that's going to kill it early. Likewise if don't cool it properly, that's going to speed it to an early grave.
1106847
I've moved on to 4TB drives. There is no switch - I eject the drive from the desktop and then unplug power in the back of the drive. I only use it as an external drive for backups.
1614530
I have never wanted to disconnect the blue led because I like to know when the drive is active. Sorry, I'm not much help. I really like the drive, It does everything I want it to do. It's quiet and it runs cool.
42496
Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking? If hard drives fail due to power issues..? If so, it's possible.
1331165
It's very quiet. I have two WD Red drives installed and have the unit set to Quiet mode. I never hear any noise from it.
370579
Yes. We'd had success with turning off the option that puts drives to sleep in the Energy Saver system preference.
176347
The G-Drive has been quiet. I sometimes forget that its on, and forget to turn it off.
475151
USB Drives don't have the capability to sleep, unless the unit turns itself off, it would be impossible to send the hardware signal to sleep the drive. They've mentioned the unit turns off but in my experience it turns off until you turn it back on again by pressing the button, it's not the "sleep until accessed" that you get with eSata/Sata drives.
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Right from their website FAQ...LED Behavior There is a single green LED on the front dock which will stay green as long as the device is powered and in active standby. During data transfer, the LED will blink rapidly. The green LED should turn off to indicate that the dock has powered down after a drive is ejected by the OS, however some USB hubs will cause the drive to stay in powered mode and the light to remain green with the drive powered even though the OS has safely disconnected the volume. A slightly slower blink indicates a sleeping drive. The same slower blink also indicates a faulty power supply- if your dock continues to blink green after waking the PC, turning the power switch on the back off and then back on again should resolve the issue. If you continue to observe a blinking green light after power cycling the dock, email support@plugable.com or post to our forums.
1330049
Your Windows power settings (assuming you're using windows) determine whether or not the drive will 'sleep'. However, the WD website states that power management settings should be set so that the drive never sleeps otherwise you may see problems. As long as you don't 'span volumes' with the drive, you should be able to remove it safely any time you wish.