How to enable ACPI to edit settings for computer fans

Asked By hank steve 140 points N/A Posted on - 05/26/2011

I recently bought a new dell laptop gx200 and switched from the old one which was also a dell. The old laptop use to turn off his fans when I put it in sleep mode while the new one will not do this. To find out why I did some research on the internet and it says that I need to enable my ACPI and set it to S3. I tried checking the BIOS for the option but there is nothing there remotely related to fans not even in the power management section. Any idea how I can enable this.

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Answered By AdrianAdrian 0 points N/A #106611

How to enable ACPI to edit settings for computer fans

Hi Martin,

• ·        As I know about the solution I describing below:
• ·        First method to solve the problem through windows repairs option.
• ·        First of all boot your PC from Windows XP bootable CD.
• ·        The files of windows start loading. After loading a blue screen will be appear.
• ·        Then press F5 button. A new menu will be appeared.
• ·        After appearing the new menu select the Advance Configuration Power Interface (ACP  then press enter).
• ·        After this from the selection of installation method select the Repair.
• ·        Your data will not be affected from repair.
• ·        After this restart the PC the problem will be solved.

The next method is as under:

• ·        First of all restart your computer.
• ·        Then press the F1 or Del or Esc keys to enter into the BIOS of the computer.
• ·        Then you should highlight the Power Management option and then press Enter.
• ·        Then highlight the ACPI setting and then press Enter key and select Enable.
• ·        This should solve your problem.

Thank You.

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Answered By Henry054 0 points N/A #106612

How to enable ACPI to edit settings for computer fans

Update your ACPI drivers. Right click on My Computer, go to properties, and select Hardware tab, and click on the device manager. And ungroup Computer, right click on the ACPI multiprocessor PC. Select update drivers. Insert a disk which includes update files and follow the instructions.

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