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Article #2071Re: HELP! : Please stop my hard disk powering down!
From: Kevin Chalker
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00
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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