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Harry Seaman <hseaman@execpc.com> wrote: > >Has anyone had this problem, or any observations on it? > >When I put the 750C in the "sleep modes" Alt F3 or Alt F4, the screen >blanks, hard drive shuts down ok. Then, after some minutes, the HD spins >up, shups down, spins up again, then shuts down for a while. then the >whole cycle repeats. (sorry I'm not more definitive about the "whiles", >but I didn't make accurate time notes) > >I'm sure this is a lot of extra wear and tear on the HD I have had very much the same problem with my 755C and I believe that there is a bug in the BIOS. I find that if I am connected to AC power and suspend the machine, I get the same sort of cycling of the hard disk that you describe. However, if I first unplug my power adaptor so that I'm running on batteries, then go into suspend mode, then plug the power adaptor back in, it works as expected. Sigh... Jim