Hibernating

[Sukh]

Hey guys, just a quick question.

I am sure that when I used to resume after hibernating, my computer didn't need to POST, but now it does.

What does you r computer do? and how do I make resuming faster without POST-ing? (Only thing that has changed is BIOS update)

 

[Sukh]

Will sleep use a lot of watts?

For example if I left it on sleep 24hrs a day and all year, how many watts would it take?

 

[Sukh]

Yes you would, just trying to work out how much leaving in standby would add to my already ridiculous leccy bill!

Are we talking pounds/tens of pounds/more?

So basically how many watts per day to leave in standby all the time (I know its not going to be in standby all the time, just to get an idea)