Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/02/15/13:42:31
Chris Jones wrote:
> Were you upgrading an existing installation? If so, that could cause
> problems. I did a complete format of the disk and then installed Win2000,
> and it works like a dream. It's fast and reliable, and one application
> crashing doesn't bring down the whole system. One disadvantage is the
> boot-up time, which takes quite a while, but it has the Hibernate mode,
> where if you choose hibernate instead of Shut Down, the memory is written to
> disk, and then it boots up in 15 seconds when you switch back on. Quite
> impressive.
But does it shut off the processor fan when it is in "Hibernate" mode? My
ABIT bios claims that it can stop the fan when in suspend mode, but it never
does...neither does Win98...
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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)
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