on 10/14/00 2:29 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, it seems that now that I've fixed my battery problem, I'm plagued by
> another one.
>
> I'm running 8.1 on my Duo 280c. For some reason, the hard disk is seen as
> being off, even if it's on. Both the Apple control strip and the "Essential
> PowerBook Strip" reports "hard disk is off", while it's spinning. I
> shutdown. waited a few minutes, and restarted. Same thing, right after the
> Finder loads. I tried rebooting with the 8.1 base set of extension, same
> problem.
>
> I also noticed earlier this evening that after about 5 minutes *after* the
> screen is dimmed, that the Duo freezes. I have to force quit the Finder to
> regain the cursor and the computer starts working. It seems that from then
> on, every action on the screen, menu selection, windows opening, etc. is
> kind of sluggish. With only 24MB of RAM, I also closely monitor the amount
> of free RAM, and after the force quit, it seems that a few MB are wasted.
>
> Does anybody ever experience something like this?
>
> As always, thanks in advance!
>
> -Laurent.
>
It's probably just asleep. Did you try just striking, say, the SHIFT key
and waiting a second or two to see if it wakes up? Sounds like your
settings are for processor cycling, sleep the HD immediately, etc. I'd
check those before worrying about anything else.
- Eric.
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