Computer Wont sleep and Loud Fan

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Hi,

I have an almost two year old XPS (blue case). It has two hard drives, 150GB and 80GB. The 80GB has gone unused until yesterday when I installed Vista Beta on it, and left XP on the other.

I really love the new OS so far.

Two things I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing...

Ever since I got the computer, the fans have made quite a bit of noise - usually when I would open up any intense programs (photoshop, or a game) but also during normal computing. I could usually fix this by putting the computer to sleep and waking it up. When I start Vista the fans are always at full blast. I went through the XPS boards and found similar problems of people who said it was caused by a bad heatsink. I have a feeling that's what this is but think if I were the call Dell, the second I mention the word Vista they'd hang up on me. I did fan tests through the bios and my room is at a constant air conditioned 72 degress and the computer is in a well ventilated area

Also - unrelated... I put the computer on sleep/standy by mode every night. Last night, Vista kept waking up by itself. Is there a problem with Vista where the computer will not stay asleep?

Thank you for your help!

Message Edited by Jon D on 09-24-2006 01:36 PM

Jon D · Answer

Hi, I am using RC1 - I just downloaded it yesterday. Thank you

GmaRocks · Answer

If you can install RC1 that would be a good place to start. You can upgrade from Beta 2 to RC1 or do a clean install. You can use your Beta 2 key for RC1.

jmwills · Answer

The wakeup is probably do the news feeds that are constantluy being loaded into that particularlu gadget that loads by default.  By the way, whihc Build did you get the 5600 or the newest as of a couple of days ago? Message Edited by jmwills on 09-25-2006 12:59 PM

Jon D · Answer

Hi jmwills,

I'm using build 5600.

I will disable the news feed gadget and see if that helps.

In regards to the fans - would it be at all feesible to get quieter fans, if such a thing exists? It's too bad I can barely stand using Vista with the contact howling fans.

jmwills · Answer

There are 'quieter' fans available but I don't know what good that will do. I noticed my 8300 wanted to do this a few months ago and it must be just age catching to it.

Jon D · Answer

Interesting. Also - disabling the news feed allowed my computer to sleep - thank you! Hopefully that is something they'll fix for the final release.

Jon D · Answer

Hi,   I wanted to mention incase anyone else is experiencing a similar problem...  I finally found a solution to why the fans on my computer were blasting.  It's because my CPU was constantly at 100%.   I found this site http://www.vistamania.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=35   It worked for me.  It was my svchost.exe  Upon going through the instructions I found out through command prompt that it was stisvc.exe, with further investigation, I found it was listed under Services as 'Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)'.  I disabled it and stopped it from loading with startup.  My computer has been MUCH faster and whisper quiet.

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