Re: Continuous Fan...

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From: John Doue (notwobe_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:57:39 -0500

lorne wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I was wondering if anyone can tell me why when I set my computer to sleep
> (through the screen saver - screen saver in 5 mins, monitor off in 20 mins
> and hard drive off in 30 mins.) but the fan inside my computer is on
> continuously.... its too noisy to leave on all night in my son's bedroom.
> Is there anything i can do to keep the computer in sleep mode (primarily for
> the antivirus and windows updates) rather than shut it down. (Gawd knows,
> the kid will never manually run the updates and scans!!!!)
>
> thanks
>
I am not positive about this but I believe you have to decide whether
you want a screen-saver OR if you want the machine to go to sleep mode.
I believe most screen-saver generate a video activity that prevents the
machine from going to sleep. Try screen-saver : none, and suspend to the
delay you wish. If the machine does not go by itself to suspend mode
after such a delay of inactivity, try forcing it by Start, Turn-off,
suspend and see what happens. If the machine has a problem going to
suspend mode (or does not stay in suspend mode more than a few seconds),
a program running in the back-ground of the machine is preventing it.
Try shutting down these programs one by one until you identify the culprit. 

-- 
John Doue

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