On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 01:09:27PM -0800, Peter Bailey wrote:
> Actually, what you are hearing may be the hard drive starting up. I think
> the fan goes on at the same time. Try setting the standby and suspend
> mode timeouts up. I have mine at 4 and 20 and it's great. Linux and its
> ram usage is sweet because I can be typing a message or even playing quake
> I've had the hard drive spin down. Windows may have it's own setting for
> powerdown modes that is independent of the bios settings. I would assume
> you can do that in Linux(set independently), but I haven't seen a way yet.
> I just set bios control in the kernel and run apmd.
It's definetly not the hard drive or the CD. Sounds very different. It's loud
and the fan starts blowing air (I can feel it blow hot air when I put my hand
infront of the grate). It works fine under 95 and 98 though.
Matt Wollnik
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