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I have ASUS G53JW notebook with two HDDs (2x500GB Seagate ST95005620AS). Second HDD automatically stops after 30 seconds of inactivity. Always. I'm using Windows 7 x64. If I run a game from this HDD there are always lags when something is needed to load after 30 seconds of inactivity of the HDD. Standard power management settings do nothing with this HDD, though "auto shutdown after" property is set to "never".

How to fix it, anyway?

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Maybe look here: tomshardware.com/forum/265376-32-momentus-problems Might be a HDD firmware issue. – mtone Jan 21 at 0:59
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Are you sure that you set "Turn off hard disk after" under advanced power options to never on every! power mode? – bamboon Jan 21 at 12:17
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Is it a Seagate drive? I was reading recently about a firmware update that is supposed to stop the drive from spinning down, which ends up doing the exact opposite. – Randolph West Jan 21 at 21:37
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As I noted previously, I think this is a firmware issue. – Randolph West Jan 23 at 20:42
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I have solved the problem by upgrading HDDs firmware (from official Seagate site) from SD24 to SD28. And now it is OKAY.

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