The hard disk will spin down from power management in the BIOS if the computer is so configured. No operating system need be installed, or the installed one can be stone dead.
Doze/Dell trivial puzzle?
- (Ashton)
- (6)
- July 28, 2004, 05:23:21 PM EDT
Sounds like a bad Star Trek episode
- (deSitter)
- July 28, 2004, 05:30:32 PM EDT
WAG
- (altmann)
- (2)
- July 28, 2004, 05:39:02 PM EDT
I guess Doze could 'mistake' the two
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- July 28, 2004, 08:51:27 PM EDT
Re: I guess Doze could 'mistake' the two
- (deSitter)
- July 28, 2004, 08:54:49 PM EDT
Bad CMOS backup battery -> lost settings -> weirdness?
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- July 28, 2004, 09:02:11 PM EDT
Will check that.
- (Ashton)
- July 29, 2004, 07:03:53 AM EDT