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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Load time lagsRe: Load time lags
From: Mike Soultanian <msoultan_at_csulb.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 08:00:54 -0700 My thought on this one was if I'm at a club (I dj) and I want to throw on a track quickly for filler and I'd like the song to come up as quickly as possible. It would be sitting on a counter anyways... But if there's a major heat issue, that's definately a problem. Thanks, Mike Justin Heiner wrote: > > In addition to heating up the unit, it also could damage the HD if it is shaken > while spun up (ie: accidently drops from the couch to the floor). > > -Justin > > --- "Nielsen Linus (ext)" <Linus.Nielsen_at_elema.siemens.se> wrote: > > > I don't know if this is even possible, but have you guys thought about > > > keeping the drive spun up all the time if the jukebox is on external > > > power (or a disable power management setting is on) so there > > > are no lags when changing folders, loading next track, etc? > > > > We plan to make the hard drive timeout configurable, so we may even have two > > parameters, one for batteries an one for external. > > > > However, I wouldn't recommend keeping the drive spinning. It heats up the > > unit a lot, and probably wears out the drive. > > > > /Linus > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com -- [...]Received on 2002-08-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |