APM Drive Spin Down Supported on IDE Devices Only (159235)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
This article was previously published under Q159235

SYMPTOMS

With Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), the drive spin down feature works only with IDE hard disks. It does not work, for example, with SCSI hard disk.

CAUSE

The drive spin down feature is only supported on IDE devices.

MORE INFORMATION

Although SCSI hard disks do support the drive spin down feature natively, Windows 95 does not support this feature with SCSI drives.

The IDE driver (Esdi_506.pdr) does support this feature.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/4/2002
Keywords:kbDiskMemory KB159235
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