hdd shock protection lacking on new t42s??

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zver17 · #1 Post by **zver17** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:50 am

I recently had to swap T42's and with the current machine I noticed a few strange changes.

I used to have an icon for some HDD shock protection - and kind of liked the idea. this new T42, although its the same model 2379DXU it doesnt have that icon - does it mean ibm has taken the feature off? or its just not currently enabled??

many thanks

Conmee · #2 Post by **Conmee** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:36 am

Click START|Settings|Control Panel, and look for the IBM Active Protection icon. If it's there, double-click it and select "Show Active Protection Icon on the system tray".

If it's not there, simply download the Active Protection System applet from the IBM website, and install it. All T Series support the Active Protection System.

Daniel.

jeeva · #3 Post by **jeeva** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:41 am

All T Series support the Active Protection System.

I thought that was a new feature of T40/41/42 and R50/51 modelss. Am I wrong?

n3il · #4 Post by **n3il** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:11 am

T41(p) T42(p) and all R5x models (including "p" - excluding "e") have the APS.

zver17 · #5 Post by **zver17** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:41 pm

i looked through the control panel and there is not APS. I also looked at the ibm website and although there are many hits, i couldnt get an actual download page. does anybody have a link? many thanks

kevinlwu · #6 Post by **kevinlwu** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:01 pm

zver17 wrote:i looked through the control panel and there is not APS. I also looked at the ibm website and although there are many hits, i couldnt get an actual download page. does anybody have a link? many thanks

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-53150

zver17 · #7 Post by **zver17** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:17 pm

got it - thanks! I also noticed some some other changes in the config - any chance somebody could attach a screenshot of their control panel to helpme check what else they didnt install this time - I think I am also mssing the IBM/intel conection manager, which I found to be more stable than the microsoft one.
thanks.

kevinlwu · #8 Post by **kevinlwu** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:33 pm

zver17 wrote:got it - thanks! I also noticed some some other changes in the config - any chance somebody could attach a screenshot of their control panel to helpme check what else they didnt install this time - I think I am also mssing the IBM/intel conection manager, which I found to be more stable than the microsoft one.
thanks.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-55386

M4A · #9 Post by **M4A** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:38 am

Anti-shock...software? Maybe it parks the heads when the disk isn't being accessed. That'll make your 7k80 run like the 4k20 it replaced, on a good day.

#10 Post by **jdhurst** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:48 am

M4A wrote:Anti-shock...software? Maybe it parks the heads when the disk isn't being accessed. That'll make your 7k80 run like the 4k20 it replaced, on a good day.

No - it doesn't work like that at all. If my machine is not moving, the air-bag (anti-shock) software has no impact on performance. It only activates when the computer detects a shock. ... JD Hurst

hdd shock protection lacking on new t42s??

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