Cooling fans not stopping

[phil42a]

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 ?

[kee-lo_]

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.

[phil42a]

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

[kee-lo_]

Does the same happen when fully shut down?

[phil42a]

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

[kee-lo_]

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

[phil42a]

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...

[kee-lo_]

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.

[phil42a]

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