LaCie External HDD issue

I have a LaCie Porche external HDD (the SAMSUNG HD753LJ model) connected to my iMac. When I unmount the HDD it stops spinning. But when I turn off the computer, it still keeps spinning and make noise unless I turn the HDD off as well.
Any ideas if this behavior can be fixed or not? I searched the LaCie website but couldn't find a patch or something for fixing this issue.
Is possible to fix this using OS X tools and utilities?
Thanks in advance,
Behrang

This is an "old" one - I think. I tried to find the last thread but failed. Anyway, here goes - there is a slight difference in what you have said your problem is and the problem I had (have). I have two La Cie Porsche drives. The first a firewire 250GB. This has worked fine from the first day and whether connected to the iMac or the MBP shuts down after a period of inactivity or when the computer goes to sleep. It stays permanently plugged into the mains and the iMac.
The second drive is a 500GB USB 2.0. This is where the problem starts. If it is plugged into the mains and switched on it will spin. It does not matter if the computer is asleep or not. It does not matter whether it is connected to the computer or not - if it is powered up it will spin. The only way to stop it is to unmount it and switch it off. I only switch mine on when I need it.
I contacted La Cie about this. Initially they said it should spin down but later contacted me to say the early ones did but there was a design change in the driver and now they do not. So there you have it - not sure if these are Samsung drives or not. Your observation that it spins down when you unmount it does not match the above so they may have changed something else again.
Hope it might help.
TY

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Being that my paltry 80GB hard drive in my Powerbook cannot hold even my music collection, I run my iTunes library from my external HDD. Since externals are notoriously unreliable, I have it stop spinning after a time without usage.
However, since getting Leopard, this is becoming horribly irritating. Even with no use at all—maybe I won't even be at the computer—my external will start spinning. Then, soon, it will shut off again. After a while, it'll start spinning, and so forth.
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I run my iTunes library from my external HDD. Since externals are notoriously unreliable, I have it stop spinning after a time without usage.
I'm not sure where you get your information that external disks are unreliable. IMO they are no more or less reliable than internal disks.
As far as spinning up, that's happened to me in every system I've used. Usually it will spin up just when I'm about to enter a name in the "Save As" field
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Hello,
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Time Machine backup failed. I think it's a glitch with the computer, not the HDD. Going to zero out the drive now.
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High Speed device @ 4 (0xFA200000): ............................................. Composite device: "USB4500 FW1.04"
Device Descriptor
Descriptor Version Number: 0x0200
Device Class: 0 (Composite)
Device Subclass: 0
Device Protocol: 0
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Device VendorID/ProductID: 0xED06/0x4500 (unknown vendor)
Device Version Number: 0x0001
Number of Configurations: 1
Manufacturer String: 16 "DATAST0R Technology Corp"
Product String: 32 "USB4500 FW1.04"
Serial Number String: 48 "1966051022645658"
Configuration Descriptor: ....................................... "1966051022645658"
Length (and contents): 32
Raw Descriptor (hex) 0000: 09 02 20 00 01 01 30 C0 31 09 04 00 00 02 08 06
Raw Descriptor (hex) 0010: 50 40 07 05 81 02 00 02 00 07 05 02 02 00 02 00
Unknown Descriptor 0020:
Number of Interfaces: 1
Configuration Value: 1
Attributes: 0xC0 (self-powered)
MaxPower: 98 ma
Interface #0 - Mass Storage/SCSI
Alternate Setting 0
Number of Endpoints 2
Interface Class: 8 (Mass Storage)
Interface Subclass; 6 (SCSI)
Interface Protocol: 80
Endpoint 0x81 - Bulk Input
Address: 0x81 (IN)
Attributes: 0x02 (Bulk no synchronization data endpoint)
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Endpoint 0x02 - Bulk Output
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Max Packet Size: 512
Polling Interval: 0 ( Endpoint never NAKs)
Device Qualifier Descriptor
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Device Class 0 (Composite)
Device Subclass 0
Device Protocol 0
Device MaxPacketSize: 64
Number of Configurations: 1
bReserved: 0
Other Speed Configuration Descriptor: ....................................... "1966051022645658"
Length (and contents): 32
Raw Descriptor (hex) 0000: 09 07 20 00 01 01 30 C0 31 09 04 00 00 02 08 06
Raw Descriptor (hex) 0010: 50 40 07 05 81 02 40 00 00 07 05 02 02 40 00 00
Unknown Descriptor 0020:
Number of Interfaces: 1
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Attributes: 0xC0 (self-powered)
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Alternate Setting 0
Number of Endpoints 2
Interface Class: 8 (Mass Storage)
Interface Subclass; 6 (SCSI)
Interface Protocol: 80
Endpoint 0x81 - Bulk Input
Address: 0x81 (IN)
Attributes: 0x02 (Bulk no synchronization data endpoint)
Max Packet Size: 64
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I'm not sure but I don't think that Leopard will recognize the FAT32 format.
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