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Fans still on during standby
My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power
supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 |
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Fans still on during standby
have you checked
your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 |
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Fans still on during standby
Yes. They seem to be right. Besides the PC appears to go into standby and
come out of that state. It's just that the fans stay on. Could that be controlled by the bios? "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: have you checked your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 |
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Fans still on during standby
well, the reason i suggested
it is because some bios have a setting for the fans to always stay on. but there is also a possibility that the particular machine is sustaining a hot temperature eventhough it is in standby. i know that there is a recall on vaio laptops because the hardware is overheating. --------------- there may also be a running process that is loaded and controlling the fans, that is if you have such a utility running from the desktop. however, i think that contacting the techs at your computers homesite would be a good idea. perhaps, there is a fix or update available. ------ something that might be of interest is to open a cmd window and run powercfg/? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... Yes. They seem to be right. Besides the PC appears to go into standby and come out of that state. It's just that the fans stay on. Could that be controlled by the bios? "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: have you checked your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 |
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Fans still on during standby
I built this one and maintain 6 others, so I have no one to go to for help,
except good folks on the forums, which usually is enough. I think I will email Asus and ask the question of these geeks who know this MB. Perhaps I should first check to see if there is an updated BIOS file. That just occurred to me :-( (dummy?) "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: well, the reason i suggested it is because some bios have a setting for the fans to always stay on. but there is also a possibility that the particular machine is sustaining a hot temperature eventhough it is in standby. i know that there is a recall on vaio laptops because the hardware is overheating. --------------- there may also be a running process that is loaded and controlling the fans, that is if you have such a utility running from the desktop. however, i think that contacting the techs at your computers homesite would be a good idea. perhaps, there is a fix or update available. ------ something that might be of interest is to open a cmd window and run powercfg/? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... Yes. They seem to be right. Besides the PC appears to go into standby and come out of that state. It's just that the fans stay on. Could that be controlled by the bios? "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: have you checked your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 |
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Fans still on during standby
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:01:00 -0700, ***TominFL*** wrote:
I built this one and maintain 6 others, so I have no one to go to for help, except good folks on the forums, which usually is enough. I think I will email Asus and ask the question of these geeks who know this MB. Perhaps I should first check to see if there is an updated BIOS file. That just occurred to me :-( (dummy?) "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: well, the reason i suggested it is because some bios have a setting for the fans to always stay on. but there is also a possibility that the particular machine is sustaining a hot temperature eventhough it is in standby. i know that there is a recall on vaio laptops because the hardware is overheating. --------------- there may also be a running process that is loaded and controlling the fans, that is if you have such a utility running from the desktop. however, i think that contacting the techs at your computers homesite would be a good idea. perhaps, there is a fix or update available. ------ something that might be of interest is to open a cmd window and run powercfg/? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... Yes. They seem to be right. Besides the PC appears to go into standby and come out of that state. It's just that the fans stay on. Could that be controlled by the bios? "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: have you checked your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe and when I originally put it into standby all the fans stayed on from day 1. I found information on the net on using a program called dumppo.exe to change the S3 settings in Windows XP so that Standby turns the fans off. Even setting the BIOS settings in my experience did not turn the fans off in Standby. You can search google for dumppo.exe. Patty |
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This worked for me.
Thanks to the student of details who offered it. Originally posted by JOCKYW2001 "Well, you can't use dumppo to permanently set maxsleep to S3." "This isn't true, and "maxsleep" isn't what you want to change anyway--"minsleep" is. The "best" way to go about using STR is to enable "Suspend To RAM" in the BIOS before installing the operating system. Unfortunately, this isn't common knowledge, and no one (i.e. Asus) goes out of their way to TELL you this. I didn't know myself, back in January when I built my A7N8X Deluxe system. The good news is that DUMPPO.EXE can correct the matter--without having to be run at every boot. Here's how: 1) Download DUMPPO.EXE from Microsoft (to ensure you get the correct file): ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/Oem...cpi/dumppo.exe 2) Go to a command line rooted in the directory DUMPPO.EXE resides in, and enter this command: DUMPPO.EXE admin DUMPPO.EXE will list some basic information about the current sleep policies. For example, here is what I had before correcting matters using DUMPPO.EXE: C:\DownloadsDUMPPO.EXE admin Admin policy overrides Min sleep state......: S1 Max sleep state......: S4 - hibernate Min video timeout....: 0 Max video timeout....: -1 Min spindown timeout.: 0 Max spindown timeout.: -1 The problem here is the "Min sleep state" value. When you tell WinXP to enter standby mode, WinXP uses the "Min sleep state" setting to determine what ACPI standby mode to use. In the case above, WinXP sees and uses S1 (which is normal standby, where all that happens is that the hard drive(s) and monitor(s) power down). 3) Correct the "Min sleep state" value using the following command line: DUMPPO.EXE admin /ac minsleep=s3 4) Reboot, and when you do, go into the BIOS and ensure that the "Suspend To RAM" value is enabled(!). 5) Back in Windows, issue the DUMPPO.EXE admin command again, exactly as in step (2), and you should see something similar to this: C:\DownloadsDUMPPO.EXE admin Admin policy overrides Min sleep state......: S3 Max sleep state......: S4 - hibernate Min video timeout....: 0 Max video timeout....: -1 Min spindown timeout.: 0 Max spindown timeout.: -1 The "Min sleep state" value should stay at S3, across reboots, and your system should be able to enter STR mode. (Incidentally, when I ran DUMPPO.EXE, I tried half-heartedly to monitor the registry and file system for the changes it made, but came up with nothing.) If your system enters STR (i.e. S3) mode properly, but does not restore itself properly (e.g. the monitor stays blank, you get BSOD errors, etc.), the most likely culprit is a buggy or incompatible driver or piece of hardware. I figured it was worth resurrecting this old thread in order to try to help... "Patty" wrote: On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:01:00 -0700, ***TominFL*** wrote: I built this one and maintain 6 others, so I have no one to go to for help, except good folks on the forums, which usually is enough. I think I will email Asus and ask the question of these geeks who know this MB. Perhaps I should first check to see if there is an updated BIOS file. That just occurred to me :-( (dummy?) "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: well, the reason i suggested it is because some bios have a setting for the fans to always stay on. but there is also a possibility that the particular machine is sustaining a hot temperature eventhough it is in standby. i know that there is a recall on vaio laptops because the hardware is overheating. --------------- there may also be a running process that is loaded and controlling the fans, that is if you have such a utility running from the desktop. however, i think that contacting the techs at your computers homesite would be a good idea. perhaps, there is a fix or update available. ------ something that might be of interest is to open a cmd window and run powercfg/? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... Yes. They seem to be right. Besides the PC appears to go into standby and come out of that state. It's just that the fans stay on. Could that be controlled by the bios? "db.·.. ))) ·` .. ." wrote: have you checked your bios settings? -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º "***TominFL***" wrote in message ... My problem is weird. I can put my desktop into standby, but CPU and power supply fans don’t shut off. All 3 fans used to shut off some time ago (last year?). Fans DO shut off during standby on two other PC's I have. Isn’t that normal for standby? What can cause this? How do I fix it? I built this troubled PC--Asus A7N8X, 2 GB, AMD 1830 Mhz, XP Home w/SP-3, Phoenix Tech BIOS Rev. 1013, 11/12/2004 I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe and when I originally put it into standby all the fans stayed on from day 1. I found information on the net on using a program called dumppo.exe to change the S3 settings in Windows XP so that Standby turns the fans off. Even setting the BIOS settings in my experience did not turn the fans off in Standby. You can search google for dumppo.exe. Patty |
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:03:04 -0700, ***TominFL*** wrote:
This worked for me. Thanks to the student of details who offered it. Originally posted by JOCKYW2001 "Well, you can't use dumppo to permanently set maxsleep to S3." "This isn't true, and "maxsleep" isn't what you want to change anyway--"minsleep" is. The "best" way to go about using STR is to enable "Suspend To RAM" in the BIOS before installing the operating system. Unfortunately, this isn't common knowledge, and no one (i.e. Asus) goes out of their way to TELL you this. I didn't know myself, back in January when I built my A7N8X Deluxe system. The good news is that DUMPPO.EXE can correct the matter--without having to be run at every boot. Here's how: 1) Download DUMPPO.EXE from Microsoft (to ensure you get the correct file): ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/Oem...cpi/dumppo.exe 2) Go to a command line rooted in the directory DUMPPO.EXE resides in, and enter this command: DUMPPO.EXE admin DUMPPO.EXE will list some basic information about the current sleep policies. For example, here is what I had before correcting matters using DUMPPO.EXE: C:\DownloadsDUMPPO.EXE admin Admin policy overrides Min sleep state......: S1 Max sleep state......: S4 - hibernate Min video timeout....: 0 Max video timeout....: -1 Min spindown timeout.: 0 Max spindown timeout.: -1 The problem here is the "Min sleep state" value. When you tell WinXP to enter standby mode, WinXP uses the "Min sleep state" setting to determine what ACPI standby mode to use. In the case above, WinXP sees and uses S1 (which is normal standby, where all that happens is that the hard drive(s) and monitor(s) power down). 3) Correct the "Min sleep state" value using the following command line: DUMPPO.EXE admin /ac minsleep=s3 4) Reboot, and when you do, go into the BIOS and ensure that the "Suspend To RAM" value is enabled(!). 5) Back in Windows, issue the DUMPPO.EXE admin command again, exactly as in step (2), and you should see something similar to this: C:\DownloadsDUMPPO.EXE admin Admin policy overrides Min sleep state......: S3 Max sleep state......: S4 - hibernate Min video timeout....: 0 Max video timeout....: -1 Min spindown timeout.: 0 Max spindown timeout.: -1 Exactly as mine is set according to instructions I found on the net quite some time ago. Not sure if it was from a post by JOCKYW2001 or not. It works great. When I go to Standby everything shuts down and the power light blinks. I have mine set to push the power button to bring it out of standby, which is what I decided worked best for me, and so I push the power button and it comes back up without rebooting. I have a system using an Abit board (NF7-S) that did this with no change in any settings, it just worked that way from the start. Glad you got it to work for you too. Patty |
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