hard drive switching

pcman_03 · 10-26-2002, 11:19 PM

i was wondering if u could simply use a toggle switch. cut the yellow wire and wire the toggle switch in. the reason i am asking is that i am fixing to get another hard drive and want to learn linux, but all the hard drive switches i have seen no matter which drive u select both are still running. i think that there is no need for the extra ware and heat that this will cause.

mfpmax · 10-26-2002, 11:24 PM

If you have a decent motherboard. It should have a power down feature where if there is no activity to the drive, it will shut down by itself after a pre-determined time.

pcman_03 · 10-27-2002, 02:30 PM

thanks for the reply but my mother board is rather old and will not do that. but is it possible and if so is the yellow wire the one i want to use?

Brad · 10-28-2002, 01:54 AM

just go into your bios and select which drive you wish to boot off. And keep both connected at all times

Can O' Beans · 10-31-2002, 12:26 AM

Yeah, keep it hooked up, the drive shouldn't really create any extra heat if it's not being used, at least not that I know of.

10-26-2002, 11:19 PM	#1
pcman_03 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 21	hard drive switching i was wondering if u could simply use a toggle switch. cut the yellow wire and wire the toggle switch in. the reason i am asking is that i am fixing to get another hard drive and want to learn linux, but all the hard drive switches i have seen no matter which drive u select both are still running. i think that there is no need for the extra ware and heat that this will cause.

10-26-2002, 11:24 PM	#2
mfpmax Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Rockledge,FL,US Posts: 731	If you have a decent motherboard. It should have a power down feature where if there is no activity to the drive, it will shut down by itself after a pre-determined time. __________________ My old and retired watercooling setup. Watercooled K6-2 450 at 600 Also Retired - Watercooling an XP1800@1782MHz

10-28-2002, 01:54 AM	#4
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	just go into your bios and select which drive you wish to boot off. And keep both connected at all times __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

10-27-2002, 02:30 PM	#3
pcman_03 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 21	thanks for the reply but my mother board is rather old and will not do that. but is it possible and if so is the yellow wire the one i want to use?

10-31-2002, 12:26 AM	#5
Can O' Beans Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pa - USA Posts: 264	Yeah, keep it hooked up, the drive shouldn't really create any extra heat if it's not being used, at least not that I know of.

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