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

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From: Kevin Chalker
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00
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Pete wrote:
> 
> There is an option in my BIOS to power down the hard disks after so many minutes
> of inactivity.  I don't want this to happen, as I'm sure it's wearing out the
> motor spinning up and down every 20 minutes, and it's annoying having to wait 5
> seconds every so often when I access a not-recently used drive.  If I disable
> the sleep function in the BIOS, it still does it.  Any way around this??
> 
> Peter Hucker (p.m.hucker@dundee.ac.uk)
> Phone +44 01382 370352
> 15 Hillhead Road, Monikie, Dundee, DD5 3QR, U.K.
> 
> Chaos will reign over order - it's easier to implement!
> 
> BREAKFAST.COM Halted.................Cereal Port not responding
> 
> Definition of an upgrade:  Taking out those pesty old bugs
> ,....and......putting in pesty new bugs.

What motherboard and BIOS do you have?  Some BIOS's
had problems like that so you should contact your
vendor for a new one.  As long as you have a brand name like
ASUS, Tyan, Supermicro, etc., then you should be
able to download the new BIOS and flash your chip for free. 

---
Kevin Chalker, Owner                 11 Corral Drive
KC COMPUTERS                         Penfield, NY  14526 (outside
Rochester)
kc@kc-computers.com

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From: Kevin Chalker <kc@kc-computers.com>
Subject: Re: HELP! : Please stop my hard disk powering down!
Date: 1997/02/12
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