Re: PB 1400 using a CF card
I recently bought a Viking 512 CompactFlash card with PCMCIA adapter for my PB 1400. I installed OS 8.1 on it along with the applications that I use 99% of the time. Wow, what a difference in battery time. Now I get a whole hour! The PB also seems a little perkier now that it doesn't have to access the HD. However, from time to time, I hear the HD spin up. But why? Everything I'm using is on the CF card and I'm also writing files to it. When I hear it spin up, I usually go to the Control Strip and spin it down. Anyone have any ideas on why it spins up to begin with? Have you got Virtual Memory on ? Is VM mapped to the hard drive ? Jerry -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: PB 1400 using a CF card
When I hear it spin up, I usually go to the Control Strip and spin it down. Anyone have any ideas on why it spins up to begin with? MacOS probes mounted disks occasionally to make sure they're still running. This is why having a CD in a 1400's CD drive and mounted, even if you're not playing or accessing it, wastes more power than not having a CD in it (or having the module totally out of the unit). Ditto for floppies. -- -- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The fastest way to fold a map is differently. -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
