topic Re: Cooling fans not stopping in PCs & Accessories

Cooling fans not stopping

phil42a — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:03:59 GMT

Hi , I just received the new Vaio VGC M1. Surprisingly the cooling fan does not stop when the system enters stand-by mode... which is quite annoying . Anyone else having this problem ? or an explanation ?

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

kee-lo_ — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:42:17 GMT

This is probably a measure to protect the PCs hardware.

Does it go off after a while?
A Compaq desktop of ours did this, and it stopped after 30mins.

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

phil42a — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:11:33 GMT

Been trying you advice, PC in stand -by mode for '40 mn now and fans still in operation ... seems a bit long to me.

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:14:03 GMT

Does the same happen when fully shut down?

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

phil42a — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:21:16 GMT

No actually, when entering hibernation, the fan is stopped immediatly after the display is turned off. Same for the complete shut down.

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:37:46 GMT

I think it happens because it's keeping the TV card cool so when you boot up it's ready to go for recordings.

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

phil42a — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:06:20 GMT

Hum, if so, then not very convenient... you can't keep your machine with the fan on for days if you wish to record a TV program when you are out. I had a W1 before which did not behave this way. I hope there is nothing wrong with the fan control. I worked on some video compression yesterday and the fan kept running in idle mode...

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:55:03 GMT

If you are worried don't hesitate to call VAIO-Link.
The phone number is on their site and if you have a working esupport account you can ask there.

Re: Cooling fans not stopping

phil42a — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:47:06 GMT

OK, thanks for helping, I will check that out with them.