Hidden Bios Settings

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Are there any "hidden" bios settings in the
A7N8X-X ? I am trying to find the setting
to turn the M/B fans off when I press the "Sleep"
button.
I seem to remember on some boards that I
had to press a combination of keys, instead of
just the "del" key to get to the advanced settings.
Also what should the CPU temp. be, Asus Probe and
SiSoftware Sandra both are reporting about 122 F.
TIA,
Tom
 
"Tom R" said:
Are there any "hidden" bios settings in the
A7N8X-X ? I am trying to find the setting
to turn the M/B fans off when I press the "Sleep"
button.
I seem to remember on some boards that I
had to press a combination of keys, instead of
just the "del" key to get to the advanced settings.
Also what should the CPU temp. be, Asus Probe and
SiSoftware Sandra both are reporting about 122 F.
TIA,
Tom
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Have you tried "ACPI Suspend To RAM" [Enabled] ?
I see the PANEL header has a SMI# pin and maybe
that is where the Sleep switch gets connected ?
Get a copy of "dumppo.exe", to get Windows to
recognize the new value of "ACPI Suspend to RAM"
you are using.

Just a guess,
Paul
 
Paul said:
"Tom R" said:
Are there any "hidden" bios settings in the
A7N8X-X ? I am trying to find the setting
to turn the M/B fans off when I press the "Sleep"
button.
I seem to remember on some boards that I
had to press a combination of keys, instead of
just the "del" key to get to the advanced settings.
Also what should the CPU temp. be, Asus Probe and
SiSoftware Sandra both are reporting about 122 F.
TIA,
Tom
Click to expand...

Have you tried "ACPI Suspend To RAM" [Enabled] ?
I see the PANEL header has a SMI# pin and maybe
that is where the Sleep switch gets connected ?
Get a copy of "dumppo.exe", to get Windows to
recognize the new value of "ACPI Suspend to RAM"
you are using.

Just a guess,
Paul
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I just checked,
ACPI Suspend to RAM is Enabled.
I guess I will just have to put up with the
fans running.
What do you think about the 122 degree temp.
that Asus Probe is showing for the CPU?
I'm running a 2400 chip with the Retail AMD heatsink
and fan. Not overclocked.
Thanks for the help,
Tom
 
are the fans "3-pin" or "4-pin" ?


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"Tom R" said:
3 pin, plugged into the M/B.
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Download this file:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Products/Oemtest/v1.1/WOSTest/Tools/Acpi/dumppo.exe

Then, from this post in Google, execute from a DOS prompt:

dumppo.exe admin /ac minsleep=s3

Typing in just "dumppo.exe" will list out the cmd
line options (albeit without any explanations)

HTH,
Paul
 
Paul said:
Download this file:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Products/Oemtest/v1.1/WOSTest/Tools/Acpi/dumppo.exe

Then, from this post in Google, execute from a DOS prompt:

dumppo.exe admin /ac minsleep=s3

Typing in just "dumppo.exe" will list out the cmd
line options (albeit without any explanations)

HTH,
Paul
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Thanks Paul,
The "dumppo.exe works.
More Info here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...@tkmsftngp04&prev=/groups?q=xp_S3_standby_exe
My computer now shuts the fans off when I
press the "Sleep Button"
Tom
 
Tom R said:
Are there any "hidden" bios settings in the
A7N8X-X ? I am trying to find the setting
to turn the M/B fans off when I press the "Sleep"
button.
I seem to remember on some boards that I
had to press a combination of keys, instead of
just the "del" key to get to the advanced settings.
Also what should the CPU temp. be, Asus Probe and
SiSoftware Sandra both are reporting about 122 F.
Click to expand...

You'll need to go into Standby mode S3 for that (maybe S1 as well).
 
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