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From: JBJ on 8 May 2010 14:20 Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine but has 1 strange thing: When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then the strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and the fan start running and it will keep running untill you unplug the power supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and then turn off. My friend tried to leave it over night and next morning the fan was still running. So only way to turn off the fan is to remove the power supply. Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to fix it? As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and as far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. -- ------------------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen / With kind regards Jan Johansson
From: BillW50 on 8 May 2010 16:26 In news:4be5ab09$0$276$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, JBJ typed on Sat, 8 May 2010 20:20:12 +0200: > Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine but > has 1 strange thing: > > When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then the > strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and the fan > start running and it will keep running untill you unplug the power > supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and then turn off. > My friend tried to leave it over night and next morning the fan was > still running. So only way to turn off the fan is to remove the power > supply. > Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no > result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to fix > it? > As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and as > far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. That sure is weird! A power strip that has a power switch would be one easy fix. That way you don't have to keep pulling out the power plug. What happens if the main battery is removed? Does it still do this on AC alone? As for the three lights, there are 5 of them. See the manual at page 1-8. Do you know which three of the five light up? http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01120671/c01120671.pdf There was something else I was going to say. But I forgot after looking through the manual. Maybe it will come to me later. Oh yeah, what OS is installed? Is it Windows? If so, what version? -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: JBJ on 9 May 2010 20:08 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen news:hs4hdl$l8a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In news:4be5ab09$0$276$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, > JBJ typed on Sat, 8 May 2010 20:20:12 +0200: >> Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine but >> has 1 strange thing: >> >> When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then the >> strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and the fan >> start running and it will keep running untill you unplug the power >> supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and then turn off. >> My friend tried to leave it over night and next morning the fan was >> still running. So only way to turn off the fan is to remove the power >> supply. >> Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no >> result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to fix >> it? >> As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and as >> far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. > > That sure is weird! A power strip that has a power switch would be one > easy fix. That way you don't have to keep pulling out the power plug. > > What happens if the main battery is removed? Does it still do this on AC > alone? > > As for the three lights, there are 5 of them. See the manual at page 1-8. > Do you know which three of the five light up? > > http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01120671/c01120671.pdf > > There was something else I was going to say. But I forgot after looking > through the manual. Maybe it will come to me later. > > Oh yeah, what OS is installed? Is it Windows? If so, what version? > > -- > Bill > Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 > > Hi Bill, I dont have the laptop here so I cant try the battery trick, but can tell that the battery works normally and charge to 100% and work without power supply - tested by my friend. As for the 3 lights, it's all the lock lights (Caps, num and scroll). There is XP Pro DK on it, but I can't see that would have an influence since the laptop turns off as normal and then starts the lights and the fan - allmost like for cooling down the laptop before you can put it in the bag, so its not overheating in the bag, because the hot air can't go anywhere - but then never turns off again. -- ------------------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen / With kind regards Jan Johansson
From: BillW50 on 9 May 2010 20:40 In news:4be74e46$0$282$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, JBJ typed on Mon, 10 May 2010 02:08:58 +0200: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen > news:hs4hdl$l8a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In news:4be5ab09$0$276$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, >> JBJ typed on Sat, 8 May 2010 20:20:12 +0200: >>> Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine but >>> has 1 strange thing: >>> >>> When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then the >>> strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and the >>> fan start running and it will keep running untill you unplug the >>> power supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and then >>> turn off. My friend tried to leave it over night and next morning >>> the fan was still running. So only way to turn off the fan is to >>> remove the power supply. >>> Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no >>> result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to fix >>> it? >>> As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and as >>> far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. >> >> That sure is weird! A power strip that has a power switch would be >> one easy fix. That way you don't have to keep pulling out the power >> plug. What happens if the main battery is removed? Does it still do >> this >> on AC alone? >> >> As for the three lights, there are 5 of them. See the manual at page >> 1-8. Do you know which three of the five light up? >> >> http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01120671/c01120671.pdf >> >> There was something else I was going to say. But I forgot after >> looking through the manual. Maybe it will come to me later. >> >> Oh yeah, what OS is installed? Is it Windows? If so, what version? >> >> -- >> Bill >> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 > > > Hi Bill, I dont have the laptop here so I cant try the battery trick, > but can tell that the battery works normally and charge to 100% and > work without power supply - tested by my friend. As for the 3 lights, > it's all the lock lights (Caps, num and scroll). > > There is XP Pro DK on it, but I can't see that would have an influence > since the laptop turns off as normal and then starts the lights and > the fan - allmost like for cooling down the laptop before you can put > it in the bag, so its not overheating in the bag, because the hot air > can't go anywhere - but then never turns off again. I would try turning it on and going into setup (usually by hitting the given function key). Then don't change anything and press and hold the power button down until it powers down. Does it stay off? If that works, this next check is at your own risk. That is to boot up Windows, don't open any applications and wait until the hard drive stops being accessed. Then hold down the power button down until it shuts down. Does it stay off too? I say this carries a risk. Because about 1 out of 50 times of shutting Windows down this way can screw up Windows so it won't boot. But if you wait until there is no disk activity, the risk is almost nil. But in the rare chance that it does, pressing F8 at boot will give you a menu and you can select the last known configuration and that should fix it. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: JBJ on 11 May 2010 07:03
"BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen news:hs7kn0$vfu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In news:4be74e46$0$282$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, > JBJ typed on Mon, 10 May 2010 02:08:58 +0200: >> "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen >> news:hs4hdl$l8a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> In news:4be5ab09$0$276$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, >>> JBJ typed on Sat, 8 May 2010 20:20:12 +0200: >>>> Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine but >>>> has 1 strange thing: >>>> >>>> When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then the >>>> strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and the >>>> fan start running and it will keep running untill you unplug the >>>> power supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and then >>>> turn off. My friend tried to leave it over night and next morning >>>> the fan was still running. So only way to turn off the fan is to >>>> remove the power supply. >>>> Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no >>>> result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to fix >>>> it? >>>> As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and as >>>> far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. >>> >>> That sure is weird! A power strip that has a power switch would be >>> one easy fix. That way you don't have to keep pulling out the power >>> plug. What happens if the main battery is removed? Does it still do >>> this >>> on AC alone? >>> >>> As for the three lights, there are 5 of them. See the manual at page >>> 1-8. Do you know which three of the five light up? >>> >>> http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01120671/c01120671.pdf >>> >>> There was something else I was going to say. But I forgot after >>> looking through the manual. Maybe it will come to me later. >>> >>> Oh yeah, what OS is installed? Is it Windows? If so, what version? >>> >>> -- >>> Bill >>> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 >> >> >> Hi Bill, I dont have the laptop here so I cant try the battery trick, >> but can tell that the battery works normally and charge to 100% and >> work without power supply - tested by my friend. As for the 3 lights, >> it's all the lock lights (Caps, num and scroll). >> >> There is XP Pro DK on it, but I can't see that would have an influence >> since the laptop turns off as normal and then starts the lights and >> the fan - allmost like for cooling down the laptop before you can put >> it in the bag, so its not overheating in the bag, because the hot air >> can't go anywhere - but then never turns off again. > > I would try turning it on and going into setup (usually by hitting the > given function key). Then don't change anything and press and hold the > power button down until it powers down. Does it stay off? > > If that works, this next check is at your own risk. That is to boot up > Windows, don't open any applications and wait until the hard drive stops > being accessed. Then hold down the power button down until it shuts down. > Does it stay off too? > > I say this carries a risk. Because about 1 out of 50 times of shutting > Windows down this way can screw up Windows so it won't boot. But if you > wait until there is no disk activity, the risk is almost nil. But in the > rare chance that it does, pressing F8 at boot will give you a menu and > you can select the last known configuration and that should fix it. > > -- > Bill > Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 > > Ok I will see if I can get my friend to try this, he lives 25km from me so I don't see often. In the off chance that the laptop turns off and stays off, what is the cause then? -- ------------------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen / With kind regards Jan Johansson |