[iyonix-support] Re: Pyjama effect - thoughts
- From: Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:16:02 +0000 (GMT)
In article <4eb90f8a72lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>, Paul Vigay
<lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <4eb90bc062Richard.Torrens@xxxxxxx>, RJT
> <Richard.Torrens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > But it seems to me it is a hardware/design fault.
> Surely that would occur on all machines then.
> I've bought four Iyonix machines and I've *never* seen this effect on
> any of them.
I suspect you don't turn them off very often. ;-)
> In fact, I'm not even sure I understand what people mean
> by 'pyjama effect'.
Pretty coloured vertical bars and the machine freezes during bootup. I
tell friends it's start-up-screensaver: another missing feature from that
other OS. ;-)
> > Whatever - it's a design fault. If the Iyonix needs a hardware power
> > switch - it should have one!
There's always "pull the power lead from the socket" if yours does not
have a switch.
> I'm pretty sure that all Iyonix machines except the Aria cube have a
> physical on/off switch as well as the 'soft' on/off switch on the front.
Certainly the bog-standard Iyonix has one under where the kettle lead
plugs in. I *never* use it though.
> I've two original Iyonix's, an Aria cube and a Panther, and none of
> them have ever exhibited this effect, so I guess some other condition
> must trigger it.
As I have said before. It seems temperature related. Cold=pyjamas. At
least here. Okay, "IME" before someone jumps down my throat.
A press of the reset button has always cured it on Myonix, except once -
on a very cold day - when I had to press it twice - gasp!. Haven't seen
it for a few days but today I am off out and the windows will be open to
air and cool the house. Machine off and cold house; I think I can
guarantee jim-jams later.
Central heating on and doors and windows shut is another story. This a.m.
hot room and no jim-jams.
My guess has always been that this 'feature' manifested when there was a
change in an earlier release of the OS because the OS waits for less time
than it used to for the gfx card's valves to warm up. ;-)))
It's so we can all blame the windoze origin of the GFX card and because
that takes "forever" to boot, lusers don't see jim-jams. (Spot the irony,
given Paul's full membership of the Bill Gates Fan Club). ;-))
I suspect Paul exists in a T-shirt-sleeve environment surrounded by hot
coffee on a USB warmer and hot fresh crispy creme doughnuts. :-o
And he doesn't wear pyjamas......
T
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