I just installed 5 of these drives into a synoloogy Diskstaiton 1513+. How can I determine if they have the IDLE3 timer issue???/ Do I have to remove them from the diskstaiton. I saw the utility for windows but man I couldn’t make it work even with the drive I do have installed in my desktop let alone trying to look inside the Diskstation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@peter27284, you could use a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo or smartctl (Linux) to view the drives’ SMART reports. Check the raw values of the Power On Hours and Load/Unload Cycle Count attributes. That should tell you if the drives are autoparking excessively.
Alternatively, the DiskStation has a “S.M.A.R.T. Test” under the “HDD Management” tab. Perhaps it reports the raw SMART values.