[ltp] IBM Thinkpad R52: Curious Sound of Harddisk during Shutdown

[Paul Sladen]

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005, Oliver Hagen wrote:
> When shutting down the system, an high-pitched sound - like harddrive is spinning up and suddenly 
> power-supply is disconnected - appears before the Laptop turns off.

Is this the fan spinning up to maximum speed just before the machine is
switched off, used to dump as much remaining heat as possible.

	-Paul
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