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WinXP's Power Management Issue
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I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John |
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I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. http://www.fantomdrives.com/helpdesk...id=7&answer=80 |
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Hi, I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000834 Ben |
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wrote in message ... Hi, I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000834 Ben The readme says something about it "reading the battery status" ? Paul |
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Ben Myers wrote: wrote in message ... Hi, I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000834 Ben The readme says something about it "reading the battery status" ? Paul It seems to contain a Power Management driver, a battery information driver and a registry patch. If it doesn't help, there are newer downloads at https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkp.../ddfm/T23.html Ben |
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VanguardLH wrote:
wrote: I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. http://www.fantomdrives.com/helpdesk...id=7&answer=80 Wow, I revisited that link and it no longer points to their FAQ article, or they're redirecting all visits to their home page. I also found: https://fantomdrives.freshdesk.com/s...-mode-at-idle- Just in case they change their links again or force a redirect, see: http://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase...spx?ID=3875#xp (that shows the summary dialog for quick setup) http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/BC//im...werSchemes.jpg (that shows the advanced settings for HDD spin down) |
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Hi,
I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000834 Ben The readme says something about it "reading the battery status" ? Paul It seems to contain a Power Management driver, a battery information driver and a registry patch. If it doesn't help, there are newer downloads at https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkp.../ddfm/T23.html Ben Hi Ben, I downloaded (via above link) the Power Management for IBM PC Win2000/XP and installed it. Clicking on the Power Management icon via IBM Configuration, the screen looked exactly like WinXP's PM with the exact same settings for "Plugged In". Unfortunately, far beyond 20 minutes (setting), the hard disk (no activity) is still spinning. Note: I forgot to mention that I use an AC Adapter with my Thinkpad all the time. Thanks for your effort, John |
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Hi, I use an old IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop with dual boot Win98se or WinXP. It is on all day long until 4:30PM. Note: WinXP home edition SP2. When not in use for some time, I will reboot into Win98se because the "Power Management" will stop the hard disk drive spinning after a selected period of time. Unfortunately, WinXP's "Power Management" does not "work" for this purpose. Does anyone know of a "fix"? Thank You in advance, John http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds000834 Ben The readme says something about it "reading the battery status" ? Paul It seems to contain a Power Management driver, a battery information driver and a registry patch. If it doesn't help, there are newer downloads at https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkp.../ddfm/T23.html Ben Hi Ben, I downloaded (via above link) the Power Management for IBM PC Win2000/XP and installed it. Clicking on the Power Management icon via IBM Configuration, the screen looked exactly like WinXP's PM with the exact same settings for "Plugged In". Unfortunately, far beyond 20 minutes (setting), the hard disk (no activity) is still spinning. Note: I forgot to mention that I use an AC Adapter with my Thinkpad all the time. Thanks for your effort, John Another possibility is that something in the background is accessing the hard drive and interrupting the spin down. You might also check Device Manager for conflicts and errors that might cause this kind of problem. Also, restart the computer and go into the BIOS setup and see if there any applicable settings that might need to be changed. Be sure to save any changes when exiting. Ben |
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https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkp.../ddfm/T23.html Ben Hi Ben, I downloaded (via above link) the Power Management for IBM PC Win2000/XP and installed it. Clicking on the Power Management icon via IBM Configuration, the screen looked exactly like WinXP's PM with the exact same settings for "Plugged In". Unfortunately, far beyond 20 minutes (setting), the hard disk (no activity) is still spinning. Note: I forgot to mention that I use an AC Adapter with my Thinkpad all the time. Thanks for your effort, John Another possibility is that something in the background is accessing the hard drive and interrupting the spin down. You might also check Device Manager for conflicts and errors that might cause this kind of problem. Also, restart the computer and go into the BIOS setup and see if there any applicable settings that might need to be changed. Be sure to save any changes when exiting. Ben Hi Ben, I forgot to mention that I had already tried the BIOS settings, which I set for the hard drive to stop after 20 minutes if idle. That didn't work. Rebooting into Win98 or real Dos mode (Windows not launched) is the only solution I have found so far. With WinXP launched (no AV aps) and nothing in MSCONFIG Startups, and nothing running in the background except system related (Task Manager list), the HD never stops spinning. John |
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SNIP https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkp.../ddfm/T23.html Ben Hi Ben, I downloaded (via above link) the Power Management for IBM PC Win2000/XP and installed it. Clicking on the Power Management icon via IBM Configuration, the screen looked exactly like WinXP's PM with the exact same settings for "Plugged In". Unfortunately, far beyond 20 minutes (setting), the hard disk (no activity) is still spinning. Note: I forgot to mention that I use an AC Adapter with my Thinkpad all the time. Thanks for your effort, John Another possibility is that something in the background is accessing the hard drive and interrupting the spin down. You might also check Device Manager for conflicts and errors that might cause this kind of problem. Also, restart the computer and go into the BIOS setup and see if there any applicable settings that might need to be changed. Be sure to save any changes when exiting. Ben Hi Ben, I forgot to mention that I had already tried the BIOS settings, which I set for the hard drive to stop after 20 minutes if idle. That didn't work. Rebooting into Win98 or real Dos mode (Windows not launched) is the only solution I have found so far. With WinXP launched (no AV aps) and nothing in MSCONFIG Startups, and nothing running in the background except system related (Task Manager list), the HD never stops spinning. John You might try disabling hard drive control in the BIOS. It could be that Windows and the BIOS are fighting each for control of the drive. Ben |
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Hi Ben, I forgot to mention that I had already tried the BIOS settings, which I set for the hard drive to stop after 20 minutes if idle. That didn't work. Rebooting into Win98 or real Dos mode (Windows not launched) is the only solution I have found so far. With WinXP launched (no AV aps) and nothing in MSCONFIG Startups, and nothing running in the background except system related (Task Manager list), the HD never stops spinning. John You might try disabling hard drive control in the BIOS. It could be that Windows and the BIOS are fighting each for control of the drive. Ben Hi Ben, I appreciate your suggestions, but now I would LOVE to hear from someone who says something like, "I HAD THE SAME ISSUE, BUT I FIXED.......". Thanks in advance, John |
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