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On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 16:13 +0000, James wrote: |
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> Hello Iain, |
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hey :) |
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> >From a hardware guy; If you really need hibernate, use it. |
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> No laptop was designed to stay powered on continuously |
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> despite the features in software and hardware. |
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[snip] |
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> If you need hibernate, use it. If you do not, your hardware |
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> will last longer being powered down. |
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[snip] |
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er, hibernate IS powering down. S3 powers off everything (Disks, CPU, |
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fans) but leaves a minimal amount of power to the solid-state |
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no-moveable-parts RAM. S4 writes a bunch of stuff to disks and then |
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powers down just like a normal shut down (S5). You can even take out |
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the battery (I even stripped an old laptop, removed the cpu, disks, heat |
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pipes, fans, and put it all back together on S4 and then resumed). S4 |
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can leave some bios function and power for WOL and other devices, but |
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it's not essential. |
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In fact S5 which every modern ATX computer does STILL leaves power to |
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USB, WOL, modems & keyboards, if required. |
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So when I say 12 day uptimes, this is calculated by the kernel since I |
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last rebooted, not since I last hibernated. I'm not actually running |
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the laptop for 12 days continuously. Although, IMHO, there's no |
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difference to a laptop or desktop in this regard. |
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Push it to the limits I say ;) |
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-- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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serendipity, n.: |
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The process by which human knowledge is advanced. |
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