Patent ID: 8081456

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a fan configured to exchange air between inside and outside of the information processing apparatus; an applying unit configured to apply a voltage to the fan; a determination unit configured to determine whether the fan is rotating; a setting unit configured to set a driving keeping voltage for keeping driving of the fan, to a voltage that is higher than a voltage that is applied to the fan by the applying unit, when the fan is determined by the determination unit not to be rotating after decreasing the voltage that is applied to the fan by the applying unit in a state where the fan is rotating; a storage unit configured to store the driving keeping voltage set by the setting unit; and a control unit configured to control the applying unit to apply the driving keeping voltage stored in the storage unit to the fan to keep the driving of the fan, wherein the setting unit sets a driving starting voltage for starting the driving of the fan to the voltage that is applied to the fan by the applying unit when the fan is determined to be rotating by the determination unit by increasing the voltage that is applied to the fan by the applying unit in a state where the fan is not rotating, wherein the storage unit stores the driving starting voltage set by the setting unit, and wherein the control unit controls the applying unit to apply the driving starting voltage stored in the storage unit to the fan to start the driving of the fan.