Patent ID: 6396675
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
A power supply for a computer operable in a sleep mode, the power supply having a plurality of sides and a temperature control system comprising:a) a first fan mounted on a first of the plurality of sides and including a first control system with a manually adjustable knob located on the first side, a first electrical temperature sensor located adjacent to a source of heat within the power supply, such that a speed of rotation of the first fan is automatically controlled to vary directly with a temperature sensed by the first electrical temperature sensor and such that the speed of rotation is manually adjustable by the adjustable knob, whereby the first control system shuts the first fan off when the computer is in the sleep mode; and, b) a second fan mounted on a second of the plurality of sides and including a second control system with a second electrical temperature sensor located within the power supply such that a speed of rotation of the second fan varies directly with a temperature sensed by the second electrical temperature sensor, whereby the second fan continues to rotate when the computer is in the sleep mode.