Also, I am not sure I'he ever caught it in situation #2 (empty box indicating the disk bein spun up/down).

I looked more closely and empty box indeed appears for about half a second, perhaps a second when disk(s) start/stop. Not that this is of some Earth-shattering importance, though.

I noticed another interesting thing about caching/spinup algorithm: when you just start the player, or switch the shuffle on or off, or skip a track, the drive stays spun up for much longer than usual (a full minute) - obviously waiting for the user to make up his mind and leave the playlist order well alone :)


Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green