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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: sleep timerRe: sleep timer
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:59:33 +0200 mat holton wrote: > I use the sleep timer a hell of a lot and wanted to ask this > question: Does the timer switch off the box straight away or does it > first ensure the drive has finished spinning so as to avoid that > horrible/'scary noise the HDD makes when it instantly loses power? From a quick glimpse in the code, it looks like it doesn't check if the disk is spinning before it shuts down. > > I ask this as i'm slightly worried about damaging my brand new Box > this way...perhaps the problems with my original one were caused by > this? Not sure. Some people claim that it doesn't damage the drive, some say it does. Linus _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-14 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |