Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?

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From: John P. Mechalas
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:10

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In article <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bes38869@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Bard Duelak   ) writes:
>	I have a 386DX@40Mhz, w/ a Maxtor 7120A 130Mb Hd, and a
>Cirrus GD54 video card.  I havent noticed this before, but when I enter
>Windows, it seems to be taking longer for it to start up, and then when 
>it finally does, Windows seems to be accessin the HD alot, and when it isnt
>accessing the HD, the HD lights constantly flicker.  They dont do this
>running under DOS.  I have even run the most recent version of scan on
>all the files on the hard drive, and no viruses are reported.
>	Has anyone had this problem, or know what is causing it and
>how to stop it?  Please post, or reply by e-mail.

How many buffers and files do you have set in your config.sys?  If you don't
have enough of either, Windows will be foreced to do a lot of disk accessing
(at least, that has been my experience).  I set 30 files and 15 buffers,
though your mileage may vary, if this is indeed the problem.

-- 
John Mechalas                                          "I'm not an actor, but
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 I play one on TV."
Aero Engineering, Purdue University                     #include disclaimer.h

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