Sounds as if computer is turning off but isn't??!

Greetings all,

Running Vista Home Premium on P4 3.2 Hyper-thread machine.

As i am doing regular computer/net stuff, i hear a sound from the tower
that one would hear when the computer shuts off??!

And then, at other times, it will sound as if it is starting up again??!

Has anybody a possible explanation for this - it's got me stumped - it
never happened when i was running XP Pro.

Is it a Vista feature to conserve power??

Would it possible have anything to do with running SpeedFan (with NO
configuration outside the default settings)??

Con-foozed - please help!


TIA,


Ray

"Athanasian Creed <><" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings all,
>
> Running Vista Home Premium on P4 3.2 Hyper-thread machine.
>
> As i am doing regular computer/net stuff, i hear a sound from the tower
> that one would hear when the computer shuts off??!
>
> And then, at other times, it will sound as if it is starting up again??!
>
> Has anybody a possible explanation for this - it's got me stumped - it
> never happened when i was running XP Pro.
>
> Is it a Vista feature to conserve power??
>
> Would it possible have anything to do with running SpeedFan (with NO
> configuration outside the default settings)??
>
> Con-foozed - please help!


Sounds like it's a hard drive switching off after x minutes of inactivity.
Have you got more than one hard drive?

ss.

Same here! It seems like it's always spinning down my
IDE drive more often. I have 3 SATA's and 1 IDE.
I can hear the IDE one spin down. I tested this by unplugging
it and the sound went away (well at least it's not as often)

I Have my drives set to power off after 120 min but it still seems to
happen more often than that.



"John Whitworth" <sexyjw@G_EEEEEE_mail.com> wrote in message
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> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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>> "Athanasian Creed <><" <> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Con-foozed - please help!
>>
>>
>> Sounds like it's a hard drive switching off after x minutes of
>> inactivity. Have you got more than one hard drive?
>>
>> ss.
>
> Sounds spot on. Mine do that too. It is strange until you get used to it.
> Vista seems to be much better at power management than XP.
>
> JW

> "Athanasian Creed <><" <> wrote in message
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>> Greetings all,
>>
>> Running Vista Home Premium on P4 3.2 Hyper-thread machine.
>>
>> As i am doing regular computer/net stuff, i hear a sound from the tower
>> that one would hear when the computer shuts off??!
>>
>> And then, at other times, it will sound as if it is starting up again??!
>>
>> Has anybody a possible explanation for this - it's got me stumped - it
>> never happened when i was running XP Pro.
>>
>> Is it a Vista feature to conserve power??
>>
>> Would it possible have anything to do with running SpeedFan (with NO
>> configuration outside the default settings)??
>>
>> Con-foozed - please help!
>
> Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> Sounds like it's a hard drive switching off after x minutes of inactivity.
> Have you got more than one hard drive?
>
> ss.


Yes i do. I hear a click sound every couple of minutes, like the thing
is shutting down. Then, when i do something resource intensive, i'll
hear like a whirling sound as something does something!

Oh well, as long it ain't breakin' down, i don't care what it's doin'!!


Ray

"Athanasian Creed <><" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> Yes i do. I hear a click sound every couple of minutes, like the thing is
> shutting down. Then, when i do something resource intensive, i'll hear
> like a whirling sound as something does something!
>
> Oh well, as long it ain't breakin' down, i don't care what it's doin'!!


After it shuts down, it will start again once that drive needs to be
accessed again. Just opening Computer will do this.

ss.