Using Stand By Instead Of Power Off

[rick s]

At night I always power down my PC. During the day if I'm
going to be off it for a while I started to put in it stand by. The problem
I have some times is when I put it in stand by I come back to it and the PC
light is on solid and the fan keeps running until I power off the PC. Am I
doing some thing wrong?

 

[Colon Terminus]

At night I always power down my PC. During the day if I'm
going to be off it for a while I started to put in it stand by. The
problem
I have some times is when I put it in stand by I come back to it and the
PC
light is on solid and the fan keeps running until I power off the PC. Am I
doing some thing wrong?

No, you're not doing anything wrong.

Standby and Hibernate don't work well on many computers and apparently yours
is one of them.

 

[PD43]

At night I always power down my PC. During the day if I'm
going to be off it for a while I started to put in it stand by. The problem
I have some times is when I put it in stand by I come back to it and the PC
light is on solid and the fan keeps running until I power off the PC. Am I
doing some thing wrong?

Dunno...

Question: what's wrong with leaving it on 24x7 and just shutting off
the monitor? Your computer doesn't eat that much electricity, and
leaving it on 24x7 doesn't prematurely wear it out. Leaving it on
that long also ensures that you'll get an automatic restore point on a
daily basis, and your computer will be available for any updates that
appear, or virus scans, etc. that might otherwise slow things down at
startup.

 

[Unknown]

Use hibernate instead of standby.

 

[Jeff Barnett]

Dunno...

Question: what's wrong with leaving it on 24x7 and just shutting off
the monitor? Your computer doesn't eat that much electricity, and
leaving it on 24x7 doesn't prematurely wear it out. Leaving it on
that long also ensures that you'll get an automatic restore point on a
daily basis, and your computer will be available for any updates that
appear, or virus scans, etc. that might otherwise slow things down at
startup.

The problem, assuming Southern California power costs, is approximately
$200 per year per typical computer. Recall, S3 suspend/sleep mode will
probably draw less than 5 Watts including the monitor. S1 or awake/idle
will draw between 150 and 200 Watts.

-- Jeff Barnett