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    T61 Power Consumption While Hibernating

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bguerrero, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. bguerrero

    bguerrero Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a ThinkPad T61 (T8300 @ 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo/ 2 GB RAM/ 160 GB HDD). It has Windows Vista Home Premiun SP1. I have 5 days with it. The problem is that with the battery to 100% charged I left the T61 hibernating for 24 hours and the battery charge drops to 75%. I use to have a HP PAVILION and the charge only drop 4% daily.

    The power plan is set to Energy Star. I haven´t try sleep or shut down to see if the same happen.

    Regards.
     
    bguerrero, Oct 2, 2008
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  2. Agotthelf

    Agotthelf Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    please google: Vista disable hybrid sleep.

    Regards
    Andreas
     
    Agotthelf, Oct 2, 2008
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  3. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    I would have to agree. It sounds like your system is still in standby (if it wakes from hibernate in less than 10 seconds, it is actually standby). Hybrid sleep is for desktops with no UPS, not laptops.
     
    jonlumpkin, Oct 2, 2008
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  4. bguerrero

    bguerrero Newbie

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    Hi, I checked if the hybrid sleep was enable but it was off. Also I read that the laptops goes to hybrid sleep when you select sleep in the power option, but I´m selecting hibernate.

    What should be a normal power consumption while hibernating. Could it be a problem with the battery?
     
    bguerrero, Oct 2, 2008
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  5. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    There should be NO power consumption. A rechargeable battery stored at high charge level, will lose a trivial amount (1-4% per day) just as a matter of existing, and you will lose 1-4% in the process of saving RAM to HD and bringing it back to RAM. Anything more than that, and you probably have a battery problem.
     
    jonlumpkin, Oct 2, 2008
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  6. Jmmmmm

    Jmmmmm Notebook Consultant

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    yeah, while hibernating your computer is OFF. you should lose almost no battery.
     
    Jmmmmm, Oct 2, 2008
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