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Gomer · 06-17-2002, 03:55 PM

Agreed about the power issue and thundstorms. I am just extra cautious. I can still resume from standby and be shut down in under 30 seconds. When I am gone for extended periods of time, I shut it down proper. I have lost power while in standby with no ill effects.

Regarding the 120mm fans. If you set your system to S3 in bios, it will kill the fans while on standby. That is what happens with my system... including the fans that aren't powered off the mobo. The only power the system uses is a small amount to keep the RAM alive. That is the nice thing about S3 and standby is that the system goes silent, but is back in the blink of an eye.

To each his own tho =)

06-17-2002, 03:55 PM	#62 (permalink)
Gomer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: MSU- E. Lansing, MI Posts: 1,504	Agreed about the power issue and thundstorms. I am just extra cautious. I can still resume from standby and be shut down in under 30 seconds. When I am gone for extended periods of time, I shut it down proper. I have lost power while in standby with no ill effects. Regarding the 120mm fans. If you set your system to S3 in bios, it will kill the fans while on standby. That is what happens with my system... including the fans that aren't powered off the mobo. The only power the system uses is a small amount to keep the RAM alive. That is the nice thing about S3 and standby is that the system goes silent, but is back in the blink of an eye. To each his own tho =)