Indeed. I recently put my 501 in my bedroom, and it's driving me crazy. The disk is usually spinning, even when the receiver is off, at all times of the day and night. But also (once/hour?) the receiver spins it down. I think Dish is trying to kill the drive.
Indeed. I recently put my 501 in my bedroom, and it's driving me crazy. The disk is usually spinning, even when the receiver is off, at all times of the day and night. But also (once/hour?) the receiver spins it down. I think Dish is trying to kill the drive.
If you have a new model, they really don't ever really stop. Just cause you turn the receiver off, doesn't really shut it off... its still doing stuff
A hard drive engineer once explained to me that the drives last longer if they run continuously.
Stopping and starting wears them more than just running.
Maybe 30 years ago but not these days. I turned my PC on and off for 15
years at work and it never died
Maybe 30 years ago but not these days.
I turned my PC on and off for 15
years at work and it never died.
30 years ago ?
You mean like this:
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15 years ? You must have had one of these - they don't make them like this any more:
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I believe I read somewhere that Dish Network HD-DVR's use about 47 watts on or off. Now take all the HD-DVR's that are running 24 hours and the amount of power to run these DVR's is alot.
Whoa! I have 722 + 622.
0.047 kW * 2 * 24 hr/day * 30 days/ mo * $0.34 /kWh (marginal rate in Peoples Republic of California) = $23 / mo !
Not only that, but with the progressive income tax I have to earn ~$46 to pay the $23![]()
Then it would be easy to check - take out HDD from DVR and read SMART data.
But I don't recall S-up/S-down counter high enough to support your theory.
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