home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!csa3.lbl.gov!sichase
- From: sichase@csa3.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: my mac slows down after idle time
- Date: 21 Jul 92 21:20:03 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
- Lines: 19
- Distribution: na
- Message-ID: <24765@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
- References: <zkessin.711738663@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Reply-To: sichase@csa3.lbl.gov
- NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
- News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4
-
- In article <zkessin.711738663@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>, zkessin@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Zach, the Lego Maniac) writes...
- >After I leave my mac on for a while (like 8 hr or more). it seems that
- >the finder (in the background) will take mabey 30seconds or more to
- >redraw the icons on the desktop. Also task swiching also takes
- >forever, also coming out afterdark. Anyone know what could be causing
- >this???
-
- Do you have a Disk Parker installed? If so, it might be taking most of those
- 30 seconds for the drive to spin up again after it has been parked - which
- would happen only if you leave your machine idle long enough to satisfy
- the parker (this is usually an adjustable parameter).
-
- -Scott
- --------------------
- Scott I. Chase "The question seems to be of such a character
- SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV that if I should come to life after my death
- and some mathematician were to tell me that it
- had been definitely settled, I think I would
- immediately drop dead again." - Vandiver
-