- October 19, 2008
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Hello
First I would explain that my system has 3 HDDs. MP is installed on the OS disk (which is also assigned to for timeshifting & recording) plus 2 data disks.
Once or twice an hour, TV playback (both image & sound) will pause for a few seconds and then a disk will be heard spinning up. TV will then resume as normal for a second, then will pause again and a second HDD will be heard spinning up. TV will then resume and carry on normally until the next recurrence, always in pairs. NB I always run in timeshift mode.
I could work around the problem (i.e. by setting the disks to never spin down) but this would defeat my objective of using quite and efficient hardware. I understand that it is normal behaviour for Windows 7 to access drives when it feels like it, thus causing them to spin up.
I recall this only being a problem after installing stable release 1.0 - but I also would also have refreshed drivers at this point so it may not be a MP problem. However, I would be grateful for any ideas, as it is driving me nuts!
Thank you
MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blueskin wide
Windows Version: Windows 7, Home Premium, 64 bit
CPU Type: AMD 4850e (2.5GHz dual core)
HDD: Boot = Western Digital 512GB, Data #1 = Western Digit512GB, Data Disk 2 = Samsung 1.5TB
Memory: 2GB DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Rev. 1.0
Video Card: Integrated (AMD 780G chipset, HD 3200)
Video Card Driver: 8.782.0.0
Sound Card: M2Tech HiFace USB-SPDIF adapter
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 1.0.3.140
1. TV Card: PEAK 221544AGPK DVB-T Digital TV PCI Card Dual Tuner
1. TV Card Type: Dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: AF9015 BDA Device v. 9.603.1.630
2. TV Card:
2
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: Cyberlink SAC Video Decoder (PDVD7 HomeNetwork) SAF4
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Cyberlink Audio Decoder (PDVD7 UPnP) SAF4
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow DXVA video decoder SAF4
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec NSK2480
Cooling: Mini Ninja, Nexus 120mm fan
Power Supply: Silverstone SST-ST30NF 300W
Remote: Gyration MCE
TV: Dell 2707WFP
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI to DVI
First I would explain that my system has 3 HDDs. MP is installed on the OS disk (which is also assigned to for timeshifting & recording) plus 2 data disks.
Once or twice an hour, TV playback (both image & sound) will pause for a few seconds and then a disk will be heard spinning up. TV will then resume as normal for a second, then will pause again and a second HDD will be heard spinning up. TV will then resume and carry on normally until the next recurrence, always in pairs. NB I always run in timeshift mode.
I could work around the problem (i.e. by setting the disks to never spin down) but this would defeat my objective of using quite and efficient hardware. I understand that it is normal behaviour for Windows 7 to access drives when it feels like it, thus causing them to spin up.
I recall this only being a problem after installing stable release 1.0 - but I also would also have refreshed drivers at this point so it may not be a MP problem. However, I would be grateful for any ideas, as it is driving me nuts!
Thank you
MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blueskin wide
Windows Version: Windows 7, Home Premium, 64 bit
CPU Type: AMD 4850e (2.5GHz dual core)
HDD: Boot = Western Digital 512GB, Data #1 = Western Digit512GB, Data Disk 2 = Samsung 1.5TB
Memory: 2GB DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Rev. 1.0
Video Card: Integrated (AMD 780G chipset, HD 3200)
Video Card Driver: 8.782.0.0
Sound Card: M2Tech HiFace USB-SPDIF adapter
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 1.0.3.140
1. TV Card: PEAK 221544AGPK DVB-T Digital TV PCI Card Dual Tuner
1. TV Card Type: Dual DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: AF9015 BDA Device v. 9.603.1.630
2. TV Card:
2
. TV Card Type: 2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: Cyberlink SAC Video Decoder (PDVD7 HomeNetwork) SAF4
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Cyberlink Audio Decoder (PDVD7 UPnP) SAF4
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow DXVA video decoder SAF4
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec NSK2480
Cooling: Mini Ninja, Nexus 120mm fan
Power Supply: Silverstone SST-ST30NF 300W
Remote: Gyration MCE
TV: Dell 2707WFP
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI to DVI