Michael Bryan Bell on 9/25/01 9:45 PM wrote: > Ie, the screen will go off, and the drive will power down, then suddenly > power back up for a few seconds or so, then power back down. Seriously wigs > me out sometimes. :) > Mine does this because Norton is set to scan the drive after a predetermined period of activity. The machine is asleep...but not really. Until I realized what mine was doing, it was getting to me also. I always thought of sleep in the same terms as when putting a PowerBook to sleep. Total inactivity with just enough juice being drawn to keep data in memory.
BTW, I ended up making the default interval between scans much longer. -makmac -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
