yeah and just use a screensaver like Blackwatch ... > Eric Scott wrote at 10:03 -0600 on 08/17/03 about 7300 HD freeze? > >> I have a PowerMac 7300/180 with OS 8.1. All >> the Mac OS's I've had on this computer - OS 8.1,8.1 DTE >> (Disk tools edition, pitiful, I know.), 7.5.5 - have >> had this problem... sometimes, when the computer goes >> into sleep mode, or if just the hard disk "sleeps," it >> makes a wierd sound, then nothing when it "wakes up." >> After that the hard disk won't read, write, or >> anything, and I can just run on ram until it locks up, >> and I have to power off. The only OS that hasn't done >> this for me is Yellow Dog Linux 3.0, so I think it may >> yet have something to do with Mac OS. Has anybody else >> had this problem? Will getting 8.5/8.6 fix it? My dad >> has a 7200/90 with 8.6 and has never had this problem. > > =46irst off, is it an Apple ROMed Drive. Doesn't sound like it. > Several 3rd party drives do not respond well to the MacOS wake up > call. Work Around: Go to Energy Saver control panel and change the > setting for the HD to "never".
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