Microsoft KB Archive/241679

= Hard Disk Does Not Spin Down According to the Power Management Settings =

Article ID: 241679

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q241679



SYMPTOMS
The hard disk on your laptop computer may spin continuously, even though no programs are accessing it after the time that is specified in the Power Management tool.

This problem can occur when your battery is charging (after being on battery power), or discharging (when the computer is running on battery power).



CAUSE
This problem can occur because all programs are notified by a power broadcast message every time that the battery life percent changes; however, the Input Output Supervisor (IOS) resets the spin-down timer for the device whenever it receives the broadcast message.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version    Size    File name 01/19/2001 01:33a  4.90.3003  80,147  Ios.vxd



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



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about Windows Me hotfixes, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

295413 General Information About Windows Millennium Edition Hotfixes

Additional query words: HWSYSBAT ios 241679usam spindown

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenv kbfix kbhardware kbqfe KB241679

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