Should CPU fans power down on standby?

[Techie Dude]

Now that I can use standby properly (Thanks to WinMe) I would obviously like to. However, I just noticed today while installing my system in a new tower that when the system goes on standby, the fan on the CPU goes off in standby.

The CPU is a Genuine PIII@500 in Slot 1 format. The whole thing is encased in it`s own cartridge with built in heatsink and fan. The Mobo is a A-bit BE6. The mobo has 3 headers for fans. According to the manual, you use header 2 for the CPU, the others are for case fans. I realize that the CPU uses less power and throttles down on standby, but I wanna make sure first.

Standby never EVER used to work properly on previous windows versions, and it`s nice to see that this has been corrected, but the potential threat of turning my system into a oven is a bit off putting!

Thanks,
Phoenix


Mental Note: Install little glass window in side panel so I can see how my brownies are cooking!

[BFlurie]

I don't like the sound of it. Even if the CPU is drawing only a tiny current on standby, what is saved by stopping a tiny fan? .0000000000001 cents a year? And at what risk? My cpu fan doesn't stop on suspend(older system), but this sounds like a new, absurd implimentation of "green" stuff.

[Techie Dude]

Ok, just an update for ya`ll!

There is an option in the BIOS to leave the fan on all the time. So, needless to say, it is ON ON ON!

As far as I can figure, this is normal. But like matey said there, as long as there is any power going through the CPU, I`m gonna leave the fan ON!

I`ve seen info saying it will do no harm, and also info saying that it may cause harm.....kinda conflicting, wouldn`t ya say?

Anyway, like I said, the fan is ON! Will always be ON! and never OFF!

[seti]

You could always just check the cpu temp after you've been on standby for awhile to see if anything is heating up too much.

[Linda91]

My CPU fan also was powering off, It cost me a PIII 500 cpu due to it! It must have overheated, when I replaced it everything was ok.

[acid_burn~187]

Haha, thanx Linda, i guess that solves the that issue huh? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Acid

[Dputiger]

If your CPU has a heatsink and fan I'm very suprised stand-by would be a problem for it, even with the fan off.

To prevent this from ever becoming a problem I recommend running a program like RAIN. It's great for cooling chips.

[J1CS]

You can got to control panel power management and set option under power management to never and cpu fan should run all the time.