Re: [Simply Computers] Even after I turned my laptop off, the cooling pad was still working

 

The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium and I told my machine to hibernate, not standby.

With the previous laptop, I was using the Hibernate function more often than regular Shut Down function.

However, when I used a different USB port, the cooling pad fans had stopped as soon as I hibernated the laptop.

How is one USB port different from the other one?

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Ardell Faul <ardell@...> wrote:
>
> Did you turn the laptop Off, or just to standby? If your operating
> system is Vista, you need to choose "Off" from the drop down list.
> Just clicking the Off button actually puts the unit in a standby mode.
> That "feature" makes it looks like your unit is booting up faster
> because all you applications are still loaded into memory, but all power
> is NOT removed from the motherboard.
>
> Ardell Faul
> Computer Monitor Service Inc.
> Ardell's Laptop and PC Repair
> 10816 E. Mission Ave.,
> Spokane Valley, Wa. 99206
> ardell@...
> 509-891-5188
>
>
> On 7/28/2011 4:56 AM, ag5178 wrote:
> >
> > It's weird, isn't it? I turned off the laptop and I even pushed the
> > switch on the power strip to turn off the rest of the appliances. The
> > cooling pad fans were still running. Why? The laptop was off, but I
> > assumed, since I cut the power by switching off the power strip, that
> > cooling pad will drain the laptop battery energy overnight.
> >
> > Just what the heck is going on? I just bought this laptop yesterday
> > and it is already giving me surprises.
> >
> > I had to disconnect the cooling pad from a usb port and only then it
> > had stopped.
> >
> > I'm wondering. Will I have to do that every time and eventually break
> > a usb port, or is it safe to do and the usb port does not break that
> > way? Or maybe there is a way to tell the computer to turn the usb
> > ports off somehow?
> >
> > It's weird and it never happened when I was using the laptop I
> > previously had.
> >
> > Here are the laptop details, in case you need them:
> >
> > Present laptop:
> >
> > Make: Toshiba
> > Model: Satellite L755
> >
> > Previous laptop:
> >
> > Make: Gateway
> > Model: NV79
> >
> > I know that there are a great many of the group members one of whom
> > just might know what to do, so, please share that knowledge of yours
> > with me.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> >
>
>
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>

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