[dba-Tech] Auto Power-up doesn't work

Lembit,
No specific help. But there is one bit of info I scavenged from the age old
debate about whether or not to leave the computer running 24/7 or to power
it down when not in use. If you have left the computer on for an extended
period and then decide to power down for extended periods the hard drive R/W
heads may become stuck in the "parking zone" where it subsides during the
power down process. This is apparently due to accumulations built up on the
head that occur from running 24/7.

I do not know if its true or legend but I did have one old PC which ran for
5-6 years 24/7. At that point it had a bit of a problem whenever it was
turned off for even a few moments but one night someone turned it off and
that was it. It would not start up the next morning. I didn't put much
effort into checking as to why because it was so old and slow (and was
basically just acting as a dumb terminal to a Unix server.) 

HTH
John B.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:31 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Auto Power-up doesn't work

I have a PC which used to be on 24/7 and I want it to run only during
daytime now.
Therefore I have set the BIOS power up control to Auto Power
up..........Everyday Time alarm...............08:00:00

the other parameters in this section are set as follows:
AC PWR Loss restart......................enabled
PWR up on external modem act..........disabled wake on LAN or PCI
Modem..............disabled

does anybody have any idea whether there are any other parameters to set?
I am using auto power-up with other PCs just fine. had never before tried it
with this one.
this one is about 4 years old.

thanks in advance for any help/comments
Lembit

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