"Fan Always On" in BIOS and Windows 7

[andrews69]

Windows 7 on a Mini 311

If I set "Fan Always On" to "Disabled" in the BIOS, the following condition happens...

Power Settings = Balanced

If I close the lid, the Mini sleeps.  When I open the lid, the Mini wakes up for about a second and then hibernates (power off).  I then press the power button and it resumes from hibernation.  If I choose sleep from the Start menu and do not close, the lid, the Mini sleeps and wakes up from sleep fine without going into hibernation.

If I go back into the BIOS and set "Fan Always On" back to "Enabled" the above problem with lid open from sleep going right into hibernation goes away.

This seems like it's a hardware issue (BIOS related).  Has anyone else run into it? 

[NJDave]

I was running XP and encountered the exact same problem.   When I reported it to HP, they thought that it was a hardware problem, so I've sent in my Mini 311 and am getting a replacement.

I've recently seen a review of the Mini 311 (dated 11/6/09) which indicates that this is a known problem.  Unfortunately, it was not known by the HP tech that I talked to on 11/4.  Oh, well.  When I get the new Mini 311, I think that I'm going to leave the BIOS fan setting enabled.

[rei_vilo]

 Bonjour NJDave,

I'm experiencing the very same problem on my 311c with XP . The hp support still doesn't the case.

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NJDave wrote:
 

I've recently seen a review of the Mini 311 (dated 11/6/09) which indicates that this is a known problem.  Unfortunately, it was not known by the HP tech that I talked to on 11/4.  Oh, well.  When I get the n ew Mini 311, I think that I'm going to leave the BIOS fan setting enabled.

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Do you have the references of the review where this problem is mentionned?

Thank you and best regards

[NJDave]

See http://gdgt.com/hp/mini/311/review/24h/ - this article mentions problem.

[rei_vilo]

Bonjour NJDave,

Thank you for the reference.

It seems the French hp support still ignores that problem!

Best regards,

[Chameleon777]

Same issue here!

[JoeCNM]

I am experiencing the exact same issue with my brand new HP Mini 311 with 3gb RAM, N280 processor.

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andrews69 wrote:

Windows 7 on a Mini 311

If I set "Fan Always On" to "Disabled" in the BIOS, the following condition happens...

Power Settings = Balanced

If I close the lid, the Mini sleeps.  When I open the lid, the Mini wakes up for about a second and then hibernates (power off).  I then press the power button and it resumes from hibernation.  If I choose sleep from the Start menu and do not close, the lid, the Mini sleeps and wakes up from sleep fine without going into hibernation.

If I go back into the BIOS and set "Fan Always On" back to "Enabled" the above problem with lid open from sleep going right into hibernation goes away.

This seems like it's a hardware issue (BIOS related).  Has anyone else run into it? 

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[JoeCNM]

I just updated the BIOS to F4 and the problem appears to be fixed.

[erico]

Great.

You can mark your last post as the solution so others searching for a solution to the issue can easily find it.

regards,
erico.

[JoeCNM]

I think I spoke too soon.  It appears the problem is intermittent.  It happens less often in the default Power Saver option.  I was told by HP Support that the new BIOS would correct the problem - but they were wrong.