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What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about
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On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 23:40:16 -0400, Guadalupe
wrote: What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? I use the Balanced power option on my desktop. It is used for about a hour in the morning and another hour at night. -- Neural Network Software http://www.npsnn.com JustNN Just a neural network http://www.justnn.com EasyNN-plus More than just a neural network http://www.easynn.com SwingNN Prediction software http://www.swingnn.com |
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Guadalupe wrote:
What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Computers have sleep and hibernate options. Hibernate saves the most power, and also saves the session. Sleep (by itself) keeps the session in RAM - if the power goes off, the session would be lost. A thing called "Hybrid Sleep" combines the sleep and hiberfile functions. It writes the session out to disk. If the power fails, the image on the disk is used on the next boot and nothing is lost. If the power stays on the whole time, then in about five seconds the "RAM" session comes back, and the disk drive image is not consulted. So "Hybrid Sleep" is a robust solution for saving power. And it can be automated, such that if you don't move the mouse for ten minutes, the machine goes to sleep on its own. Sites like this, at the bottom of the web page are "related tutorials" links, and you can find articles about the various things to know about sleep and hibernate. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ows-10-pc.html In this picture, you can see how to configure a sleep setting. You could set the machine to sleep after 1 hour of inactivity, for example. https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...leep_after.png Paul |
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On 19/09/2019 04:40, Guadalupe wrote:
What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Default option that you get out of the box. there is no point in messing around with settings when you know nothing about them. You are switching off your machine after using it, right? To do this, click on the power switch button and choose "Shut-down". That's all you need to do. -- With over 1,000,000 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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said thus to which I respond:
In this picture, you can see how to configure a sleep setting. You could set the machine to sleep after 1 hour of inactivity, for example. It's grubbed so I don't think hibernate will work. All I really want is a shutdown or slowdown after about an hour of not use. I don't think sleep will work with grub to linux to access windows files will it? |
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Paul wrote:
Guadalupe wrote: What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Computers have sleep and hibernate options. Hibernate saves the most power, and also saves the session. Sleep (by itself) keeps the session in RAM - if the power goes off, the session would be lost. On a desktop, certainly. On a laptop my understanding is that if the power went off or the laptop was unplugged, the RAM would be kept alive by battery power. If the battery got too low, the system would switch to hibernate, which means that the current state would be written to disk and the system would shut down. -- Tim Slattery tim at risingdove dot com |
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On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:49:12 -0400, Tim Slattery
wrote: Paul wrote: Guadalupe wrote: What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Computers have sleep and hibernate options. Hibernate saves the most power, and also saves the session. Sleep (by itself) keeps the session in RAM - if the power goes off, the session would be lost. On a desktop, certainly. On a laptop my understanding is that if the power went off or the laptop was unplugged, the RAM would be kept alive by battery power. If the battery got too low, the system would switch to hibernate, which means that the current state would be written to disk and the system would shut down. I think that is what my Samsung laptop does when I use it unplugged. The battery only lasts about 30 minutes but it's current state is saved somewhere. It is almost certainly the disk! Steve -- http://www.npsnn.com |
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On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:49:12 -0400, Tim Slattery
wrote: Paul wrote: Guadalupe wrote: What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Computers have sleep and hibernate options. Hibernate saves the most power, and also saves the session. Sleep (by itself) keeps the session in RAM - if the power goes off, the session would be lost. On a desktop, certainly. On a laptop my understanding is that if the power went off or the laptop was unplugged, the RAM would be kept alive by battery power. If the battery got too low, the system would switch to hibernate, which means that the current state would be written to disk and the system would shut down. That's the hybrid option, and it only works that way if it has been configured to use that option in your power profile. None of my Dell laptops came configured that way, but that's the option I've chosen. Having said that, I most often choose Hibernate (from the shutdown menu) when I'm on the road for work. In my case, it wouldn't make sense to needlessly run the battery down when it's going to end up hibernating anyway. |
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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:49:12 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote: Paul wrote: Guadalupe wrote: What are a good set of power options for a desktop that is used only about an hour a day in the morning? Computers have sleep and hibernate options. Hibernate saves the most power, and also saves the session. Sleep (by itself) keeps the session in RAM - if the power goes off, the session would be lost. On a desktop, certainly. On a laptop my understanding is that if the power went off or the laptop was unplugged, the RAM would be kept alive by battery power. If the battery got too low, the system would switch to hibernate, which means that the current state would be written to disk and the system would shut down. I think that is what my Samsung laptop does when I use it unplugged. The battery only lasts about 30 minutes but it's current state is saved somewhere. It is almost certainly the disk! Steve With hybrid sleep, you prepare the hiberfile at sleep time. If power is lost in sleep, you have nothing to worry about, as the hiberfile that was prepared, is still valid and ready to go. It's not a good idea, particularly, to be writing a hiberfile at the same time the battery pack is resting on the knee of the discharge curve. (For example, on an older laptop, where the battery flattens faster.) Paul |
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Guadalupe wrote:
said thus to which I respond: In this picture, you can see how to configure a sleep setting. You could set the machine to sleep after 1 hour of inactivity, for example. It's grubbed so I don't think hibernate will work. All I really want is a shutdown or slowdown after about an hour of not use. I don't think sleep will work with grub to linux to access windows files will it? What you need to learn to do on the Windows side, is called "a complete shutdown" Check the "shutdown" command manual page for windows, for details. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html Option 8 -------- shutdown /s /f /t 0 Immediately force running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer. When you shut down Windows completely, then the BIOS starts the system, at that point Linux will be available via GRUB and GRUB will not be bypassed by the hibernate bit in the chipset. It's when you use Windows 10 in a naive fashion, it stays "trapped in a hibernate-constrained loop". Once you figure out how to use the "shutdown" command line thing in Windows 10, you can then flip over to Linux in your dual boot. If you thought you could use hybrid sleep in Windows, wait for the battery to die, and then Linux would be offered on the next boot, that probably would not work. It's going to come up in Windows again at that point. You need to be in control of the machine, while it is running Windows, to select a "complete shutdown method" which will dispense with any notion of hibernation (including avoiding "fast start" and "windows kernel hibernation"). Paul |
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