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More info?)
Yep, did that, been there. Got the latest drivers for the board from Intel,
and thanks for all the suggestions guys. I looked, no setting in BIOS for
"fan always on." Wish there was so I could turn it off, guess I'll either
go to "suspend" mode which I've never used, (only used standby before this),
or just turn it off over nite.
Dave N
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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23Jql74gpEHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dave,
>
> Yes, Windows has changed, but in the sense that the same hardware needs
> different drivers than were needed in Win2K. These altered drivers may not
> contain the same hardware support that was previously there, which is why
> you may not be able to achieve the same power state at standby. I would
> concentrate on supporting drivers for the motherboard itself, as you may
> be relying on ones supplied by the OS, and the manufacturer may have a
> newer set available.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Dave Niemeyer" <nospamdniemeye@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ODlahycpEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the definitions. But I still don't understand why it's
>> different now than before with win2kpro and no change to hardware....
>> Before, it would go to standby, I assume S3, and fans would go off and
>> you could only wake it up by hitting the power button. Now with winxppro
>> it's either not going to S3 'cause the standby mode now leaves fans
>> running and only a hit of the keyboard is required to wake it up (sounds
>> like, thusly, power is running the RAM and CPU). So apparently WINDOWS
>> has changed to keep fans on and it's not going to S3, it's only going to
>> S2 or S1 per your definitions below. By the way, the fans ALL run, 3 of
>> them, ALL night long so I'm thinking it couldn't possibly be heat
>> buildup. Wish I could figure out a way for it to go totally to S3. Oh,
>> well.
>>
>> Dave Niemeyer
>> ----------------------------------
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:Ouv4VCUpEHA.3868@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> The fan stays on because the hardware detects a heat presence sufficient
>>> enough to cause damage to system components. This is usually built-in
>>> protection on the motherboard, you should not attempt to change it.
>>>
>>> A definition of the various power states:
>>>
>>> S0 - Up and running
>>>
>>> S1 - Standby. Drives, display off. Power still on to cpu, fans, ram
>>>
>>> S2 - Standby. Same as S1, but cpu is powered down
>>>
>>> S3 - Standby. Power only to refresh ram
>>>
>>> S4 - Hibernate. No power, contents of ram copied to hard drive before
>>> powerdown (hiberfil.sys)
>>>
>>> S5 - System off.
>>>
>>> Not all states are supported on all systems, and this is a somewhat
>>> simplified view. Some systems, hardware, or combinations thereof will
>>> not support any of these states.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>> "Dave Niemeyer" <nospamdniemeye@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23LZLKiRpEHA.1668@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>I got my computer to go to suspend automatically and manually just fine
>>>> except for one thing: the fans stay on, all of them, and it wakes up by
>>>> merely hitting any key on the keyboard. I'd like my fans to go off,
>>>> don't
>>>> see it anywhere in the BIOS set up, have updated BIOS and have all
>>>> WinXP
>>>> updated. This same machine just a few weeks ago had win2k and went to
>>>> suspend just fine, fans off and had to wake up with power button. I
>>>> believe
>>>> right now after checking I have the BIOS set to go to S3 for suspend or
>>>> whatever it said in BIOS, I tried S1 at one time but that made it even
>>>> less
>>>> "asleep" (woke up by merely moving the mouse) so went back to S3.
>>>> That's
>>>> about all the only choices I see in this BIOS. Any ideas of what to do
>>>> it windows XP pro?
>>>>
>>>> Dave Niemeyer
>>>> (remove "nospam" if replying directly)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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