In theory, my new system is ACPI compliant. I have a 'System Devices->ACPI Fixed Feature Button' tag in device manager, but that's it. There's no mention of it anywhere else - no options to turn it on ...

So, I've seen several references in recent threads to this hard drive parking thing with Ubuntu. I finally got around to sitting with my laptop in a quiet environment, and listening to it. Yep, I hear ...