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Jereel Hunter on 27 April 2010
twesterm said:

So for the past few days, maybe week, my 360 hasn't turned all the way off.  After I turn it off I can still hear it running as if it were finishing a download or something.  The lights are off but it's still generating heat.  I put my hand back behind and it's not hot enough to be concerned about, it just bothers me that it stays on and I can hear it when the TV is quiet so I unplugged it last night.

Is there some setting I accidently turned on to make it stay on like that?

Also I've noticed that about half the time I turn it on it doesn't auto-sign into my account and not quite sure why that is.

Have you tried physically hitting the power button instead of unplugging it? mine does this if I leave a controller plugged in or a DL is finishing, but if you tap the power button, is skuttles what it was doing and shuts down.



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thekitchensink on 27 April 2010

I believe it does this for heat reasons. If your 360 is too hot, the fans will keep going even after it's powered off in order to cool it down.



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twesterm on 27 April 2010
thekitchensink said:
I believe it does this for heat reasons. If your 360 is too hot, the fans will keep going even after it's powered off in order to cool it down.

But even after nearly a full day of no use?



 

JaggedSac on 27 April 2010

Be careful trying to unplug it. It seems like it is gaining sentience.



outlawauron on 27 April 2010

Hmm, I know there's a setting where you can continue to download things after you turn the console on. That's happened to me before.



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fastyxx on 27 April 2010

The fan will keep going until cooled down. If it keeps running after several minutes, the temperature gauge may be faulty - it think sit's hotter than it is?

No electronic equipment like consoles or computers or phone chargers or newer TV's are really "off" if they are still plugged in - especially if they have sleep modes. They draw power constantly.

I saw a bunch of products at CES this winter that are trying to change that - powerstrips that you can use that will block that slow passive energy drain and save a ton of power.



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Kantor on 27 April 2010

Because you turn it on, Twesterm.



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Mr. sickVisionz on 27 April 2010

I've never had this happen. The most I get is the fan running for like 20 seconds, which I assume it does to quick cool the system after you're done with it.



outlawauron on 27 April 2010
Kantor said:
Because you turn it on, Twesterm.

Best response so far.



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Recon1O1 on 27 April 2010

Console Settings, Startup and Shutdown, Background Downloads, Disable if you want to check. I've never noticed her fan running after shutdown. Mine seems well-behaved but I have never plugged her with random foreign objects.