[ltp] Noisy harddisk shutdown

[Benjamí Villoslada]

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:37:18 +0000, Jan Frey wrote:
> What I meant is a really loud CLACK when hd goes completely down. It soun=
ds
> as if power was just taken away from the drive instead of telling it to
> park heads and spin down...

In my case when the hd goes completely down, the sound is different
between APM and ACPI:

- APM (and Windows): park head click and smooth spin off
- ACPI: CLACK! ... the same sound in some forced system stops, pushing
the power button.

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Benjamí
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