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FYI on WD Scorpio SATA Notebook Drive Power Saving Jumper

AccelerateYourMac

Thursday October 25, 2007. 05:55 PM
AccelerateYourMac

Posting as a FYI to anyone else that swaps in a WD Passport 250GB (USB cased retail drive) into their MacBook/Pro (or Mini) - there's a jumper on the drive for power savings (delayed spinup to reduce power draw on the USB bus). The latest report on this upgrade/swap today in the drive database noted he left the jumper on although he's going to remove it later. I noticed the new WD 1TB "Green" drive also does power savings like that (varying drive rpm, etc.) - not something I'd care for personally - with an internal drive at least. But could be a plus for external cases, especially those that have limited power sources (some desktop Seagate drives have 2.8A max draw, which is more than some ext. case's AC adapter's ratings.)
Posting anyone else that swaps Passport 250GB (USB cased retail drive) into thei Scorpio SATA Notebook Drive Power Saving Jumper
FYI on WD Scorpio SATA Notebook Drive Power Saving Jumper Read more at AccelerateYourMac
www.xlr8yourmac.com/index.html#S23454

 

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