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Computer Question
My desktop runs all of the time.
The monitor and the HD turn off within 1 hr of leaving it, but for whatever reason when I set it to go into standby after I leave it, it won't come back on by moving the mouse or hitting a key.
I've got it set to hybernate after 20 min of inactivity, but that ain't working.
My guess is that it's the HD spinning. Sounds like a very tiny engine.
Power scheme is set to Home/Office.
Thoughts.
The monitor and the HD turn off within 1 hr of leaving it, but for whatever reason when I set it to go into standby after I leave it, it won't come back on by moving the mouse or hitting a key.
I've got it set to hybernate after 20 min of inactivity, but that ain't working.
My guess is that it's the HD spinning. Sounds like a very tiny engine.
Power scheme is set to Home/Office.
Thoughts.
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I never turn my computer off, never sleep/park the drives. I just set my monitor to blank after 20 mins or so. In my experience it's very rare to get a completely compliant energysaving system and have it work propertly 100% of the time.
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I have ran my computers for years straight, with minimal reboots. My older Linux box ran for over six months with out a reboot, and only went down because the power for the building went out. I have had only one hard drive fail in any of my electronic goods, and that was an external harddrive. Putting the discs to sleep seems pretty pointless to me, and I'm glad richard agrees. I don' think I have ever used the hybernate function on one of my computers.
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hey howsit Pat!
you may have to install a patch four your xp
go here= http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330909
hehehe! see what working in G6 has done to me.
you may have to install a patch four your xp
go here= http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330909
hehehe! see what working in G6 has done to me.
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I know, HI is the original plan but u know how hard it is to start a business there, but its still on the planning stage at this point. Who knows. Are u planning on visiting HI?
Chris may return here for another year- theres a good-paying civilian job offered to him.
Chris may return here for another year- theres a good-paying civilian job offered to him.
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I definitely plan on visiting, but there's no way on earth that I could afford to live there. Obviously I couldn't come in with you until I retire which is about 2011, but in the meantime, there's always the potential that I could be a financial partner with you until I get out.
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