Index: apps/settings_menu.c
===================================================================
--- apps/settings_menu.c	(revision 12086)
+++ apps/settings_menu.c	(working copy)
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@
 {
     return set_int(str(LANG_SPINDOWN), "s", UNIT_SEC,
                    &global_settings.disk_spindown,
-                   ata_spindown, 1, 3, 254, NULL );
+                   ata_spindown, 1, 1, 254, NULL );
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ATA_POWER_OFF
Index: firmware/powermgmt.c
===================================================================
--- firmware/powermgmt.c	(revision 12086)
+++ firmware/powermgmt.c	(working copy)
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
         remote_backlight_set_timeout(2);
 #endif
-        ata_spindown(3);
+        ata_spindown(-1);
 #ifdef HAVE_ATA_POWER_OFF
         ata_poweroff(true);
 #endif