power supply fan still on when in standby

[Guest]

Got a hold of a 2 year old computer from a garage sale. Formatted it and
later found out that the fan woudn't turn off when i go into standby... is
that because of a BIOS/Windows setting or the fan isn't capable of turning
itslef off due to technology reasons?

 

[Richard Urban]

The bios has to support the S3 sleep state. The S3 sleep state must be
enabled when the operating system is installed. I have never been successful
in enabling it after the fact.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Plato]

Got a hold of a 2 year old computer from a garage sale. Formatted it and
later found out that the fan woudn't turn off when i go into standby... is
that because of a BIOS/Windows setting or the fan isn't capable of turning
itslef off due to technology reasons?

Fans may be connected directly to the PS or to the motherboard, which
may, or may not, include functions for standby mode.

 

[Jerry P. McCray]

Got a hold of a 2 year old computer from a garage sale. Formatted it and
later found out that the fan woudn't turn off when i go into standby... is
that because of a BIOS/Windows setting or the fan isn't capable of turning
itslef off due to technology reasons?

This worked for me.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];841858