w3j power schemes question

hey i was just wondering what is the ideal power schemes seting my laptop should be if i have the AC adapter on at all tiems cuz im scared turning my computer on and off whenever im not using it (can be multiple times a day) is not so good for the laptop so i was deciding when is a good time to turn monitor off...hd off go into standby/hibernaation...will greatly appreciate if somebody can share there power schemes with me to find the right and perfect setting for my laptop...thank you

 

1st of all why are you scared to turn off/on, just out of curiosity 2nd of all, for ac plugged in i'd say the home/office desk, minimal power management, or always on, if its going to be plugged in all the time you don't need to hibernate it, just standby it, don't literally stand right by it, what i meant was put it on standby also just turn the monitor off whenever your not using it, if its always plugged in... its not really a laptop anymore is it? its sorta like a desktop now... so don't turn off the hd, keep standby on like half an hour or an hour and keep monitor off at like 15 min to half an hour, any longer than thats a waste...

 

i dnno cuz this is kind of my first laptop to tell u the truth and ive always worked with desktop and its like because desktops are BIGGER they seem like they can withstand turning it on and off and having it on all the time as for laptops i have the thought that laptops are small...compact...making it seem like if i keep it on for a while somethin will overheat or somethin i dont kno its just my kind of mindset i have...and because its my first high end laptop...im just paranoid as u can see...

 

I have only had an asus for a few months now, but my old laptop, knocking on 6+ years old now, is still running (my gf has it), and for the past 4 years I fould a good website that uploads trance sets to a server and they refreash quite frequently and I ony had a dial up..... basically for the last 4 years it has been left on all night nearly every day of the week, downloading music all night, I did replace the memory on the motherboard about a year and a half ago, but it has has an absolute heap of use

 

As NZwaverider said...you can leave a laptop on forever if you really wanted to.

Actually, laptop parts tend to be designed so they can take more abuse. They are ment to be "mobile"...which means they need to be designed to take all sorts of abuse (vibrations, heat, humidity, etc) that a regular PC isn't supposed to be exposed to. In the carPC world, we tend to recommend the use of notebook HDD's and components over desktop components just because of that fact.

So don't worry about them when it comes to normal stuff like turning it off and on. Just don't turn it off permenantly with a glass of water!

 

Guess I didn't answer your question though. lol

I have my power settings to go into Hibernate after a couple hours. I do this because it means I've probably left my laptop alone by that time and I don't want someone else using it while I'm away. I have it password protected when it returns from Hibernate or standby.

And I don't have it set to standby becasue I don't want to come back when it's asleep, unplug it, and take it somewhere. I just know I'll forget that it's not comepletely turned off and I will end up losing something.

But I don't like the screen turning off after 15 minutes or so...I have found that it annoys me more than anything (because I haven't left my laptop alone by then). That is what a screen saver is for (cause those are fun to watch).

But that's just me. You may have to play with the settings a few times before you find what you like.

 

thanks a lot...im gonna just mess around with the settings like you said and set it to what fits me best