<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> hi folks. Running lates (upgraded etc) dapper on an asus a5e series laptop, and trying to sort everything out. One issue which I have read about on the web forum without actually finding anything useful (for me) is that the HDD seems to be going almost continually. While there are times when this might be expected, it seems to occur at all times that the machine is running. I have gone into windows, and it certainly does not happen there. While I am sitting at my desk with the power cord plugged in, this isn't really much of a problem, but once mobile, my battery time is cut very short, i am assuming (of course I may be an ass) that this is at least one of the reasons. While running breezy an the same machine, this did not happen either. Also: when started laptop-mode, in Breezy the cpu would drop to under 100 on, but remains at around 798 MHz on Dapper. Although I forget its name (age destroys short term memory, heh) I have previously tested the power module and it was working. Does anyone have any ideas on what where how and why I should start looking now? cheers Bruce </BODY> </HTML>