CF Micro drive spin down / spin up delay?

Matt020 · 13 January 2010, 14:55

Yo.

I have purchased a CF Seagate ST1 2.5 gig Micro Drive and 44 pin IDE adapter for my A1200 020 2mb. It will replace the existing 40mb 2.5 inch hard drive. I use kickstart 3.1 and workbench 3.1

I have read that micro drives spin-down when finished reading or writing a file, then spin up again the next time they are accessed.

With a 1 to 2 second spin up time, I am concerned that this is going to be a kind of "lag".

Hoping to hear from a user who may have a micro drive. Do the drives spin-down after each read/write, and does this cause some lag when they spin up again to open a workbench drawer or file?

Or, does the drive run continous like any other hard drive?

Cheers.
Matt.

xc8 · 13 January 2010, 15:56

I have the ST1.2 (4GB) on my A600.. I did not notice any kind of lag there.. (when open/close windows etc..)

chris

13 January 2010, 14:55	#1
Matt020 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Australia Age: 47 Posts: 210	CF Micro drive spin down / spin up delay? Yo. I have purchased a CF Seagate ST1 2.5 gig Micro Drive and 44 pin IDE adapter for my A1200 020 2mb. It will replace the existing 40mb 2.5 inch hard drive. I use kickstart 3.1 and workbench 3.1 I have read that micro drives spin-down when finished reading or writing a file, then spin up again the next time they are accessed. With a 1 to 2 second spin up time, I am concerned that this is going to be a kind of "lag". Hoping to hear from a user who may have a micro drive. Do the drives spin-down after each read/write, and does this cause some lag when they spin up again to open a workbench drawer or file? Or, does the drive run continous like any other hard drive? Cheers. Matt. Last edited by Matt020; 13 January 2010 at 15:01.

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13 January 2010, 15:56	#2
xc8 no c= no fun Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 312	I have the ST1.2 (4GB) on my A600.. I did not notice any kind of lag there.. (when open/close windows etc..) chris

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