Laptop FAN turns off when Windows screen turns off, all while the system is NOT entering sleepmode (Win 11).

[Windows 11]

Dear reader, Could you tell me if Microsoft is aware of the issue described below and if there are plans for a solution? If so, when can we expect it? This problem has been ongoing for quite a while. In the past, when PCs and laptops were put to sleep, they entered the S3 sleep state, where all tasks are suspended to RAM and everything except the RAM is powered off. This is controlled by the "Put my device to sleep after X minutes" setting in Windows. Recently, PC manufacturers have shifted to the S0 low-power idle state, also known as Modern Standby, which is similar to the state smartphone

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