Intel Rapid Start aka uber fast resume from hibernate

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OK there are a few updated BIOS supporting this on Z68 but more and more Z77 boards have it out of the box

I've been a suspend to RAM guy for many years but looking at the videos on youtube this seems full of win at the obvious expense of having to have a hibernation file on your SSD.

Also I'm not sure if my nightly jobs will be able to auto resume from this state and go back to sleep.... nonetheless it's a lot safer than STR

How many of you are using it ? I know a lot of you boot up your PCs in the old fashioned conventional manner so this is bound to be of interest to you
 
I'm going to hit my head against a brick wall soon. :) This is EXACTLY the same as turning the whole system off mate ;)

Yeah I was excited about this yesterday and itching to update my BIOS but no time to do it. Will do it later tonight and probably youtube the results
 
No chance mate .... this way does away with full BIOS/UEFI initialisation so you save time there also since your apps and OS are cached in memory upon resume they'll be a lot more snappier.

Yes you're right it's close but I would more prefer my OS/apps to be primed hot rather booting from cold
 
My pc takes about 20 seconds to load but Im not sure if thats using intel rapid start or not :p windows goes from the logo to logon screen in 5 seconds then once logged in windows is ready to go in the same amount of time it's lovely.
 
new boy said:
I worry that if I used a method like this all the time, that memory leaks would catch up with me...
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Good point.... I keep my laptop and PC suspended to RAM for weeks on end and have never had problems but the risk is there but obviously hibernating like this eliminates or vastly reduces that risk - additionally is not prone to data corruption if there's a power outage.
 
Personally, I think it looks great!
5 seconds to go from 0 to where you were with no power draw is fantastic.
I think some people are missing the point here, they only count boot time from when Windows starts. They seem to think that BIOS/POST isn't included in boot time.

People, booting starts when you press the power button!
 
SlugForAButt said:
Personally, I think it looks great!
5 seconds to go from 0 to where you were with no power draw is fantastic.
I think some people are missing the point here, they only count boot time from when Windows starts. They seem to think that BIOS/POST isn't included in boot time.

People, booting starts when you press the power button!
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Hence why boot time is about 20 seconds total. 5-7 for BIOS/POST 5 for windows splash screen at most and another 5 once you've logged on. still compared to what my old system was like.. 20 seconds vs 5 minutes? Im pretty sure I can live with counting from when I hit the button :)
 
5 minutes? :eek:

Sounds like you are comparing to a badly optimised machine. I'd expect a P4 with 256Mb RAM to boot faster than 5 minutes. :p
I may be wrong, but I reckon 20 secs from pushing the button is good for an SSD.
5 seconds WITH your work resuming is very good. :)
 
SlugForAButt said:
Personally, I think it looks great!
5 seconds to go from 0 to where you were with no power draw is fantastic.
I think some people are missing the point here, they only count boot time from when Windows starts. They seem to think that BIOS/POST isn't included in boot time.

People, booting starts when you press the power button!
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It's nice but you'd be suprised how fast you can boot a system from cold. My PC has boots before my monitor has turned on, it can't be much over 5 seconds to a usable desktop.

Mind you, this mode is activated on a laptop when you close the lid, is just fanastic for a normal user.
 
Well I get that. BUT are you really going to disable your BIOS/POST screen for windows? I know Linux doesn't have it... but HF if you do that to your windows OS.
 
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