Hibernating

Sukh

Sukh

Sukh

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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)
 
Your computer is switched off completely when hibernating, so it will always POST.

Put it into sleep mode, it uses practically no power and resumes instantly (in Windows 7 anyway)
 
hibernate is for laptops, because it uses zero power, and takes a little longer to resume
sleep is for desktops, because it does need a little bit of power to keep the ram active, resume is instant
 
bledd. said:
hibernate is for laptops, because it uses zero power, and takes a little longer to resume
sleep is for desktops, because it does need a little bit of power to keep the ram active, resume is instant
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Nahhh, sleep is for laptops as well!

I've set mine to sleep when undocked/lid closed and then after 3 hours to hibernate, that way if I want to use it again within the next few minutes/hours it boots instantly.

It doesn't take too much battery in sleep, and would easily last overnight on a full charge.
 
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?
 
:D 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)
 
I have read Sleep is just a few watts on a desktop. I imagine a little less on a laptop - unless it's a beast.
 
There are lots of variables I can't be bothered accounting for, but a laptop on standby for a whole year I'd say around 5 quid.
 
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