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

Thank you, John,

you are right there is something about the HDs.
I found however, that the problem occurs when I shut it down and restart 
immi.
However, if I wait for some time, they start up just fine.
Also, sometimes when I want to work with it, it hangs and the monitor is all 
black and I have to use the reset button.
Maybe its a temperature thing, and maybe I need to get new HDs,
but if there is something wrong with the mainboard as well, then I need to 
fix that also and perhaps buy different HDs.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: [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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