Windows 7: pc power consumption on hibernate on win7

rynio · 17 Dec 2009

Hello, do you know how much power consumption is when you hibernate your pc under win7 ?
And how can i create shourtcut to hibernate on keyboard?

Jonathan_King · 17 Dec 2009

Hibernate uses no power, other than to keep the clock updated.
Hibernate writes everything in RAM to the disk, and then shuts down the computer. See my post here.

Frostmourne · 17 Dec 2009

This is a shortcut, just add a keyboard key:

How to Create a Hibernate Shortcut in Windows Vista

However, use Hybrid Sleep, hibernate is obsolete.

Jonathan_King · 17 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Frostmourne

This is a shortcut, just add a keyboard key:

How to Create a Hibernate Shortcut in Windows Vista

However, use Hybrid Sleep, hibernate is obsolete.

I disagree. IMO, there is no need to be using power during the night, when nobody is going to use the machine for 7 hours. The money saved makes up for the extra 15 seconds lost each morning.
Just my opinion, of course. Feel free to disagree.

chrysalis · 17 Dec 2009

yeah I was going to say, the first thing I do is disable hybrid sleep. Booting from hibernation is incredibly fast as it is even on a laptop, so is just wasting power using hybrid sleep.