billis777 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 It does it only some times and a simple restart fixes the problem. My psu is 1600w evga and i'm using 16 hdds. There was never a beeping problem before i started using the splitting cables. Are the splitter cables the problem or that my psu cant handle more than 4 hdds per 6 pin port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 billis777 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 i just found out part of my problem is "windows fast startup" where your computer doesnt really turns off and when you power on it goes fast into windows without allowing time for my drives to load. i just disabled fast startup and see if this fixes my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 billis777 Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 does anyone knows by the way how to activate staggered spin up on the highpoint rocket 750 card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Unfortunately, nope. I haven't used a highpoint card in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 billis777 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Turns out my problem was windows fast startup. It's all good for now. But if anyone knows how to activate staggered spin up on the highpoint rocket 750 card please let me know, will come handy eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chris Downs Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 4:50 AM, billis777 said: Turns out my problem was windows fast startup. It's all good for now. But if anyone knows how to activate staggered spin up on the highpoint rocket 750 card please let me know, will come handy eventually. A really hacky/homebrew way to achieve this might be with some sort of Arduino setup that controls power to the HDD power connectors. You'd have to make a custom power cable loom... but the Arduino could be set to stagger 16 relays (or maybe 4 or 8 to bring the disks up in groups) when it's powered up? It's something I've considered myself, as I have a VM box with 12 spinning disks, and the peak power draw when they all spin up at once is... yikes. Had to carefully distribute them over the power rails. I'm using an older 1000W PSU that has 6 +12v rails. However, the thought of the wiring loom I'd have to make kind kills the idea for me as my old arthritic hands are not up to it anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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