Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: AHCI power saving (was Re: Ten hours on X60s) | Date | Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:37:56 +0100 |
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> Therein lies a key problem. Turning on all of AHCI's aggressive power > management features DOES save a lot of power. But at the same time, it > shortens the life of your hard drive, particularly hard drives that are > really PATA, but have a PATA<->SATA bridge glued on the drive to enable > connection to SATA controllers.
How does it shorten its life?
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