Hibernate vs stand by vs shut down
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S3 is enabled in the bios. Under power management normally.
On my pc, ismack the keyboard and it wakes up, same for hibernate. Hibernate is, I believe, s4 suspend, and is software based(???)
most modern motherboards support s1+s3 by default. Hibernate needs to be turned on on XP.
On my pc, ismack the keyboard and it wakes up, same for hibernate. Hibernate is, I believe, s4 suspend, and is software based(???)
most modern motherboards support s1+s3 by default. Hibernate needs to be turned on on XP.
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Don you worry about power cuts?
that's why i close my programs first. i've lived at this address for 8+ years. first 7 years not a single power cut. this last year i've had at least 6. sometimes just a split second but it's enough to make my pc cut out.
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Does frequent power cuts damage anything?
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Nope, if there is a powercut, the UPS wakes the machine up and then shuts it down
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pffft 
Hybrid sleep is sleep + hibernate. It puts you PC into sleep so that it can resume very quickly, but also writes out the content to your disk like hibernate would so that if you lose power all your open files aren't lost - it'll just take slightly longer to resume.
i use sleep all the time. i just close all programs first to be on the safe side.
What's the point in that? May as well just shut it down.
I only use Sleep on my desktop, can't see the point of using Hibernate on a system that's plugged into the mains (unless Sleep doesn't work, of course). Only gets shut down if there are updates that need to be installed or if I need to unplug it from the power for any reason.
I use Hibernate all the time on my notebook though, bit quicker than a full start-up.
I use Hibernate all the time on my notebook though, bit quicker than a full start-up.
I always hibernate, it only gets turned off for updates. It's good as you can leave all the windows open too.
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I sleep my pc during the day, then hibernate when turning it off at night. Resuming from Hibernation is a good 30 seconds quicker than a reboot on my machine, plus all my open programs are saved. Rebooting is only used for updates & stuff.
I have got my power management settings to turn my monitor off after 10 mins, sleep after 15 mins, hibernate after 69 min - so it can turn itself off and i dont have to do anything.
I have got my power management settings to turn my monitor off after 10 mins, sleep after 15 mins, hibernate after 69 min - so it can turn itself off and i dont have to do anything.
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I use sleep during the day, and hibernate at night. The power LED on my computer flashes when asleep, which is way too obnoxious to put up with at night. If anyone has any idea how to stop the power LED from flashing (without unplugging it completely) I would love to know.
put a purple LED in there
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I was going to say: cellotape over the led
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I want the LED to operate normally when the cpmputer is on. I don't want it to flash when it's in standby.