Seagate Hard Disk May Not Spin Down While in Standby Mode (229273)
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When you place your Windows 98-based computer in Standby mode, your computer may appear to be in Standby mode, but your hard disk may continue to spin and be active.
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This problem can occur if you are using a Seagate hard disk, and you are running one or more memory-intensive programs. Note that this problem may occur more frequently if your computer has 16 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM) or less.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/13/2006 |
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