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- From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
- Subject: Re: HD lights flicker in Windows 3.1 ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.181926.19241@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <C1EEq5.Ky1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan25.141024.6013@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:19:26 GMT
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- mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:
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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.
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- >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.
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- Last time I looked (ages ago) windows keeps accessing the harddisk
- periodically (every3-5 seconds) even when it isn't touched.
- I never found a valid reason for it doing so.
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