hard drive stops when i slowly tilt the laptop

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hard drive stops when i slowly tilt the laptop

#1 Post by fartonmyear » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:41 am

i have an x40 with the active hard drive protection on. when i tilt the laptop ever so slowly the hard drive pauses. even when i set it to low sensitivity. is this normal?

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Re: hard drive stops when i slowly tilt the laptop

#2 Post by beerak » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:20 pm

yes, it is.

Mine does the same.
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#3 Post by ratoto67 » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:54 pm

+1

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#4 Post by amgdoc » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:45 pm

try it. mine does the same.
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#5 Post by emorphien » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:20 am

It's supposed to do that.
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#6 Post by mattfromomaha » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:00 am

There should be a checkbox for something about "ingore things like small bumps you'd encounter on a train" or something....I forget exactly what it says, but it made mine work much better!

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