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    Does your DVD drive work in standby?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by eli2k, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. eli2k

    eli2k Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone - when you put your laptop into standby, does your DVD drive still work, as in, can you press the eject button on the drive, and it will turn on and activate the ejection mechanism? Shouldn't this normally be off?

    - Eli
     
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    lowteckh Notebook Consultant

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    Noop, mine doesn't work.

    And standby doesn't really turn your system off, it just puts your computer in a low power state.. so unplug your a/c adapter, remove the battery and your standby becomes a shutdown.
     
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    eli2k Notebook Consultant

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    I must have done something strange, because the DVD drive is still 'active' during standby mode. Not sure if this has any effect on anything...

    edit: Actually, sometimes the DVD drive will fully turn off, and I can't eject. Other times if I press eject, the tray will pop out when under standby. I'm wondering if this has any effect on battery draining.
     
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