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PSU Stays Running on Sleep

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  • 11-07-2011 4:42pm
    #1
    mossy464
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    My self built pc running windows 7 has the following issue.

    The PSU stays running fully when I put the pc to sleep.

    I thought it may be a bios setting but could not find anything there.

    My specs are as follows:

    RAM: 4GB-Kit OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Gold Low Voltage

    CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 440 "Boxed" 95W, Sockel AM3

    PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 350 Watt / BQT L7

    Mainboard: MSI 760GM-E51, Sockel AM3, mATX, PCIe

    Any ideas on this?

    Thanks


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    #2
    mossy464
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭mossy464


    Any ideas lads?


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    #3
    mossy464
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭mossy464


    This must be a pretty rare issue since I have got no replies :)

    Anyone have any idea?


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Be quiet aren't known for top notch PSUs. They're not too bad though. AFAIK they use rebranded FSP.
    My guess would be that it's getting hot and it's keeping a fan on to cool it down. How's the airflow in the case? Does it stay on the whole time, like a half hour after sleep?


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    If it keeps going, update your motherboard drivers and have a look to see if you can make any changes to the sleep states in BIOS.
    http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/30124-bios-settings-s1-s3-hybrid-sleep.html


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    mossy464
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭mossy464


    In my experience it stays on all the time when the pc is on sleep. Airflow is pretty good.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    I have a problem with my PC, where everytime I put it into Sleep mode and then wake it I get a BSOD within a minute.

    I can't recall why, but I remember thinking it was to do with my Corsair PSU...


    The PC has had numerous OS's installed on it, went through the bios a few times and I remember doing a good bit of research on it too, but to no avail.


    Could these kinds of minute faults be down to the fact that generally these PCs are made of a whole load of individually manufactured components, which may have slight compatibility issues?


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    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    Effluo wrote: »
    I have a problem with my PC, where everytime I put it into Sleep mode and then wake it I get a BSOD within a minute.

    I can't recall why, but I remember thinking it was to do with my Corsair PSU...


    The PC has had numerous OS's installed on it, went through the bios a few times and I remember doing a good bit of research on it too, but to no avail.


    Could these kinds of minute faults be down to the fact that generally these PCs are made of a whole load of individually manufactured components, which may have slight compatibility issues?
    no, its usually just down to 1 faulty component. before splashing out on a new PSU, id run a very long memtest on the ram, HDD and torture tests on the CPU, to completely rule them out. then you're looking at borrowing a mobo and PSU.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    At the time I would have done all those things, but considering everything else worked fine I didn't persue it any further.

    There seems to be a lot of reports of the same kind of problem online, very varied systems too.

    Makes me think it could be windows, I never ran much linux on my pc, but I guess it would be worth a shot to see if my PC would crash after coming off sleep while running it.


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