Turn off PSU when computer shuts down

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Colonel_Panic

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My current server runs off a UPS and I've had no problems thus far. Planning for the future, though, I want to know if it's possible to have the PSU itself shut down (fans, lights, etc.) when the computer shuts down. This way the machine consumes ~0W and I can run the rest of my UPS devices longer.

Is there a wire connection or something that I need to do? It seems like most OEM machines are able to do this.
 
Wait, you mean your fans and lights are STAYING ON when you shut down your computer?? :eek:

Sounds more like you're putting your machine into S1 sleep mode.
 
Unknown-One said:
Wait, you mean your fans and lights are STAYING ON when you shut down your computer?? :eek:

Sounds more like you're putting your machine into S1 sleep mode.
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If this is true, someone needs to go into the bios & change the "stand-by" mode to S3 or similar.
 
The motherboard led should stay on, howerver all fans should stop at least a few seconds after powering down.
 
My computer is running Ubuntu Server, and the last time I shut down, the case fan remained on. So it could be a BIOS option? I'll have to look at that next time I make an upgrade.
 
the pc wil consume nothign but the ups will still be using a little i would think/.
 
It's possible that Ubuntu doesn't have complete ACPI support for your system and just halted instead of powering off. I've experienced this problem before with Linux. What hardware are you running?
 
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