Microsoft KB Archive/229273

= Seagate Hard Disk May Not Spin Down While in Standby Mode =

Article ID: 229273

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229273



If this article does not describe your hardware-related issue, please see the following Microsoft Web site to view more articles about hardware:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/w98?sid=460



SYMPTOMS
When you place your Windows 98-based computer in Standby mode, your computer may appear to be in Standby mode, but your hard disk may continue to spin and be active.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if you are using a Seagate hard disk, and you are running one or more memory-intensive programs. Note that this problem may occur more frequently if your computer has 16 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM) or less.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: HWDDRV 98 w98standby

Keywords: kbhardware kbpowerman kbprb kbui KB229273

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