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    Basic question; Shutdown/Sleep

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Dragoonx, May 14, 2008.

  1. Dragoonx

    Dragoonx Notebook Consultant

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    Hey there guys, I had a pretty basic question when it comes to computers. I was wondering if it was healthy for my laptop if I simply used Sleep for most of the time [read; Nightly] rather than shutting down and booting up again? Mostly I do it via sleep because it keeps my desktop in tact and its generally a much faster process.
     
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  2. drbiff

    drbiff Notebook Geek

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    As long as your laptop is plugged in, sleep will have no noticeable effect other than allowing you to start up more quickly. On battery it will drain the charge a little since the system continually pulls a small amount of power while asleep (my laptop will stay in Sleep overnight without fully draining the battery). It isn't unhealthy for the laptop, e.g. won't potentially shorten the hard disk life (it's spun down). Hibernation is another option if you want to save the system's state when shutting down, but shut down takes longer and it uses up HD space. Advantage is that it doesn't drain the battery.
     
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    If you are using sleep then don't completely close it, just in case it wakes up and overheats.

    Personally, I use hibernation. It is not as fast as sleep but rarely has unusual problems and gets me back to where I was much faster than booting up and loading the various applications.

    John
     
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  4. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    i noticed that if you just close the lid and when u open it your account is locked, but then if you close it then open it again it is at your desktop.only happened twice but i just started to use switch user first
     
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  5. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    You can change that in your power settings to where you do not have to log back in after wakeup, it is one of the first options in the advice button.
     
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  6. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    i know that, i just wanted to mention the flaw it had of logging you back in. i don't want it to be logged in when i open it again.i hate letting people use my account for anythingg
     
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  7. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Oh, I got you. I noticed something kinda along the same line, If you have the lid closed and you are using a external monitor, when I reboot it will keep rebooting until I open the lid. I can close it as soon as I see the windows load screen.
     
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