Do you know when the computer is in a state of death, computer is still consuming electricity.
For stand-by mode consuming less than 5W power, while for hibernating around 3W. And the computer in the dead also require electrical power more or less the same (unless the cable is revoked). The advantages of stand-by or hibernate is that, when turned on the computer again, the computer will be exactly the same state as when last we left off. So if you’re opening your Microsoft word document or your application program winamp while still in a position to run, when you restart the computer it will remain open as the last in a state we live.
1. Stand By mode means that the computer is in “suspended animation”. Stand by mode can be divided into two namely:
a. S1 (computer off but the fan still running) and
b. S3 (Computers are really in circumstances such as death).
Setting S1 and S3 can be done via the BIOS. weakness of stand by mode is, a state of computer will be stored in RAM, so if during the stand-by mode power of the computer is lost (eg, dead lights), then the computer will die in a state without being shut down, and jobs that we still leave will also be closed as if the computer is turned off.
2. Hibernate mode, is similar to Stand By, or as in the position of the status of S3. The difference is if the power supply is in interrupted, the last settings will be remain stored on your computer. So all the jobs that has leave behind, will still remains in the final state. The consequence this mode is, we must provide a parts of hard disk space with size similar with size of installed RAM to store the state of the last computer.
Here there is a way of setting up stand-by / hibernate the computer automatically, if the computer is idle, the computer will automatically become a standby / hibernate,
1. Right click on your desktop
2. Select the Properties tab
3. Select the screen saver then click Power options
4. Please select an option according to which there is desire.
- Turn off the monitor after … minutes
- Turn off hard disk after … minutes
- Stand by after … minutes
- Hibernate after … minutes <<<only if hibernation is enabled. There is next to the tab for this setting. But remember hibernate requires hard disk space RAM size that we install>>>
if you want to try do with manual way, click turn off computer / Alt F4/. If you want the computer to hibernate, press shift key and the stand-by, but remember you must activate the hibernate settings first.