Go into sleep mode or shutdown?

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  1.    #21

    I like the modern Power Options which are perfected in Win7.

    I can walk away from the PC without concern for whether I'm coming back in an hour or a week. If less than an hour, I just move the mouse and it wakes up from sleep. If longer it writes my work from RAM to HD and shuts down, but starts up twice as fast when I resume it later.

    If there is a power failure while it's sleeping, my work is safe since it's already been written to HD when entering sleep thanks to Hybrid Sleep being enabled.

    I still Shut Down when I know I'm done for the day, but otherwise I just walk away without having to think twice thanks to Win7 finally getting Power Options purrrfect.
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  2. Posts : 80
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Service Pack 1
       #22

    OK.
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  3. Posts : 223
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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       #23

    gregrocker said:
    I like the modern Power Options which are perfected in Win7.

    I can walk away from the PC without concern for whether I'm coming back in an hour or a week. If less than an hour, I just move the mouse and it wakes up from sleep. If longer it writes my work from RAM to HD and shuts down, but starts up twice as fast when I resume it later.

    If there is a power failure while it's sleeping, my work is safe since it's already been written to HD when entering sleep thanks to Hybrid Sleep being enabled.

    I still Shut Down when I know I'm done for the day, but otherwise I just walk away without having to think twice thanks to Win7 finally getting Power Options purrrfect.
    Are you using S1?
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  4.    #24

    I haven't checked. These same settings have worked fine on hundreds of installs over three years without ever having to change the BIOS settings. Troubleshooting almost always only requires updating the Display driver.
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  5. CB
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       #25

    Here is the reading
    Global states

    The ACPI specification defines the following four Global "Gx" states and six Sleep "Sx" states for an ACPI-compliant computer-system:

    • G0 (S0): Working. "Awaymode" is a subset of S0, where monitor is off but background tasks are running.
    • G1, Sleeping subdivides into the four states S1 through S4:
      • S1: All processor caches are flushed, and the CPU(s) stops executing instructions. Power to the CPU(s) and RAM is maintained; devices that do not indicate they must remain on may be powered down.
      • S2: CPU powered off. Dirty cache is flushed to RAM.
      • S3: Commonly referred to as Standby, sleep or Suspend to RAM. RAM remains powered
      • S4: Hibernation or Suspend to Disk. All content of main memory is saved to non-volatile memory such as a hard drive, and is powered down.

    • G2 (S5), Soft Off: G2/S5 is almost the same as G3 Mechanical Off, except that the PSU still supplies power, at a minimum, to the power button to allow return to S0. A full reboot is required. No previous content is retained. Other components may remain powered so the computer can "wake" on input from the keyboard, clock, modem, LAN, or USB device.
    • G3, Mechanical Off: The computer's power has been totally removed via a mechanical switch (as on the rear of a PSU). The power cord can be removed and the system is safe for dis-assembly (typically, only the real time clock continues to run - using its own small battery).

    Furthermore, the specification defines a Legacy state: the state on an operating system which does not support ACPI. In this state, the hardware and power are not managed via ACPI, effectively disabling ACPI
    I see it as for habitual, I may choose S1 (as Greg does). For temporary, S3 is preferable. (need you to shutdown when done working with it)
    I use to shutdown it when leaving for office, leave the PSU less burdened though it takes only 5 watts in sleep states.

    Kevin
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