Re: HELP! : Please stop my hard disk powering down!

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From: Eponymity
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <3306F393.1288@dial.pipex.com.nospam>,
Richard Read  <rkread@dial.pipex.com.nospam> wrote:
} I do not know about the cable-cut suggestion but my Quantum Fireball
} 3.2Gb IDE drive also powers down every few mins - very annoying. 
} Power saving is turned off in my BIOS and I have no Power icon in Win 95
} Control Panel. Neither of my other two drives power down so it looks
} like a setting on the drive. There is nothing mentioned in the manual so
} I am trying to contact Quantum.

Couple of ideas. First, older versions of Windows 95 don't have the
"Power" applet in the Control Panel. Instead, right-click on "My computer"
and select properties. Go to the Device Manager. Find "System devices"
and expand it, and look for an item called "APM" or "Advanced Power
Management". Within its "properties" you should find a checkbox to
turn this off.

Second, some Award BIOS versions have a bug that will cause hard drives
to spin down even with PM disabled in the BIOS setup program.

Let me know if this helps at all.

cheers,

-*-
charles

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Subject: Re: HELP! : Please stop my hard disk powering down!
Date: 1997/02/16
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