Constant turning off and on/ open and close

hey guys.. im just wondering if its bad to keep turning on and off my system as im always moving classes.. also if its bad to keep closing and opening the lcd.. i usually turn my notebook on and off usually about 6-8 times a day.. and closing and opening the lcd.. will this mess up the cpu by alwyas having to boot up? i dont wanna go through the hassle of sending my system in if anything happens..

 

Why not set it to hibernate when you close the lappy in between classes. You can "shutdown" during lunch or at the end of the day so that it properly does the nec. maintainance that is performed with a full boot/shutdown procedure. I don't think it will mess of the computer but you are wasting precious battery life in a full shutdown and power up. Coming out of hibernation takes something like 10 seconds...versus the 30-50 secs of powering up.

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And regarding "hibernating" the laptop, will the battery usage be "increased" during the hibernation or will it be just like leaving it on?

 

Hi coriolis,

The battery usage during hibernation is the same as in turned off mode.
The difference between the two modes is that in hibernation, the RAM's content is saved to your hard drive waiting to be loaded again.

In these modes the battery slowly, but constantly loses its charge (like every rechargable battery).
According to Acer ePM, in hibernation the battery lasts for 2 months.

Regarding the frequent boot/shutdown cycle, my opinion is that it shouldn't harm your computer. I mean that's what they have to do, they are turned on and later turned off. It is part of their normal operation.

 

Yes it best to hibernate when you move across . Cuz it will shutdown the notebook completely

Closing and opening lcd wont be much of problem . Actually there is small knob towards the power button which gets pressed while you close the lcd and which inturns shuts down the backlit to save battery

 

I wouldn't bother with each, just shut it down. Putting the unit in hibernation also powers down the system (but after memory contents copied to HDD). There's no real benefit other than to have the desktop pop back up exactly where you left off. The boot times take approx the same amount of time (maybe a bit faster with hibernation).
Regarding opening and closing your screen, well, you're gonna have to do it anyways, so I wouldn't worry about it. [ ]

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