Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:14:52 -0500 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables References: <1pmdnVKLCIZgVZHCnZ2dnUU7-UednZ2d@earthlink.com> <87WdnXlobo8jI5LCnZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.4.2-20171224 ("Lochhead") (UNIX) (Linux/5.5.11-200.fc31.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:14:52 -0500 Lines: 24 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-Ti58MueRxANFYmruRgHGIz8yF/k8zxJ+LY1I4PRn2M191mG+yhHQLoogSbrYgjnqoZ/bDePwCySwrit!08RcDWdjCEKp/q7Iac7Il5XSi31coIo2M0Ep+gpXIe2Is2FBHo1bND/2H+8Trcm2t4bABPiO/1FZ!UscDw+Ck949vQsE2uND/qkqvUrl29g8= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2378 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:133594 comp.sys.mac.portables:1326 In comp.sys.mac.portables Your Name wrote: > On 2020-07-16 02:43:10 +0000, Ant said: > > In comp.sys.mac.portables Your Name wrote: > > ... > >>> Thanks and interesting. Yeah, it did reboot. It was just a hard > >>> slam/hit on the desk (not a drop). :( > >> > >> It detects sudden movement of any type, a fall or a hard knock, so that > >> the drive heads can be parked safely (or at least safer). > > > > But SSDs don't have heads? > True, which why it's pointless on SSD-based Mac laptops. You can > actually turn it off, but it's probably not even worth the effort. Yeah, something else could break from the sudden jolt, drop, etc. Might as well play safe! -- Life's so loco! ..!.. *isms, sins, hates, (d)evil, illnesses (e.g., COVID-19/2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2), deaths (RIP), interruptions, stresses, heat waves, fires, out(r)ages, dramas, unlucky #4, 2020, greeds, bugs (e.g., crashes & female mosquitoes), etc. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\:( Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )