Hi all, just wondering what people's view are on puttin the computer into stand by. Is it bad for the computer? I do it when i go for lectures at uni and cant be arsed to shut everything down, this saves power but means i dont have to wait for it to start up and re-open all my apps. At night i turn it off properly but it still seems a little odd that standby isnt used all the time, does it do any damage? Cheers!
No damage at all, I use ST3 all the time, it's a lot faster than shutting down. And it's reliable, I've left my pc in standby for a week (I was on holiday ) and it was fine when I turned it back on.
i was looking at more from the view of if it isnt harmful, why dont they tell you to put it into stand by when your done with it not shut down, and then yes that got me wondering if it is like over clockin, possible but not a good idea
I usually hybernate rather than use standby, cos you can leave all your apps open, and it's as if you were never away from the machine.
IIRC the standby mode buggers up the temp monitoring on DFI nF4s... so I couldn't, even if I wanted to
There was a thread on DFI-Street a while back about. Not sure if all boards were affected, or if it was fixed recently. I'll try to find the thread. Edit: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3981
theres no point in me putting my pc in to standby cos most of my fans are connected directly to the PSU and not the mobo so when i put it into standby the horrilbe noisy fans still carry on, bumer.
Seebul, you're using ST1, where the PC remains "on" but in a low power state. Go into your bios and change suspend to ST3, it'll turn everything off, except for a small currrent keeping the contents of your ram going. Silent
Which is why I hibernate instead. COrrect me if I'm wrong people, but doesn't hibernating write all your open application data to a cache file, then shut the machine down... then when you switch it on, puts everything back as it was? If not... what IS the difference between standby and hibernate?
S3 standby puts the computer into a low-power mode, keeping the DRAM refresh circuits active so that the data in memory is not lost. The computer is still on, but consumes much less power and can be switched back on quickly. Hibernation writes all your RAM's contents to a file on disk then shuts the computer down totally, as normal. When you start it up, the data is loaded back in, restoring your applications etc. I would use hibernation, but my disk space is running perilously low. Time to pick up a 7200.9...
mmm... low power mode... still consumes about 5-10W which is a lot and not to mention the risk of fire (TV:s are well know of this issue)
I use hibernation all the time, it works great, and will even find the correct place in a dvd if I hibernate while watching one. Plus it boots in about 10 seconds, which is a real advantage.
right well i press the sleep button on my MS digital media pro, and when it "closes" windows it says its going into stand by. see now im just confused lol
