Q159235: APM Drive Spin Down Supported on IDE Devices Only

Article: Q159235
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): osr2 diskmem win95 kbDiskMemory
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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With Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), the drive spin down feature works
only with IDE hard disks. It does not work, for example, with SCSI hard disk.

CAUSE
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The drive spin down feature is only supported on IDE devices.

MORE INFORMATION
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Although SCSI hard disks do support the drive spin down feature natively,
Windows 95 does not support this feature with SCSI drives.

The IDE driver (Esdi_506.pdr) does support this feature.


Additional query words: 95

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Keywords          : osr2 diskmem win95 kbDiskMemory 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:95

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