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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: When to turn the Archos off?Re: When to turn the Archos off?
From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:21:48 -0400 On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:00:46 -0700 (PDT), Ventzislav Stoytchev <rockboxv2_at_yahoo.com> wrote: >This may look like a really silly question, but I am >wondering about it. When I am listening to a song, is >it better to just turn off the Jukebox by holding off >(the HDD stops spinning, really suddenly), or just >stop the song, wait for the disk to stop spinning and >then turn it off (there is no sharp stopping sound). >thanks in advance! Just as a rule of thumb I don't like to cut power to a drive while there is any I/O going on. That said, I do the hardware power off pretty much with impunity. I usually pause before holding OFF but not always. Hasn't seemed to harm anything yet. John --- John De Armond johngdDONTYOUDARE_at_bellsouth.net http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TN _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-06-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |