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Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by davidt(m): 4:37pm On May 11, 2008 |
Is it actually true that hibernating a laptop diminishes your overall battery life over time? That is, does it actually destroy your battery? |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by Nobody: 1:31pm On May 12, 2008 |
yeah i wanna know too cos i hibernate on a regular |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by DanDare: 10:48pm On May 12, 2008 |
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=26102 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/hibernate.mspx http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Conserving-a-Laptop-s-Battery-Power-with-Hibernation-Mode.id-2815,subcat-HARDWARE.html http://labnol..com/2006/03/10-tips-to-make-your-laptop-battery.html |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by Nobody: 12:03pm On May 13, 2008 |
a YES/NO answer would be good |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by javadevil: 3:25pm On May 13, 2008 |
Hibernation does not reduce you battery life in anyway. |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by Sonachi(m): 8:54pm On May 24, 2008 |
Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries To automatically put your computer into hibernation You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure. 1. Open Power Options in Control Panel. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Power Options.) 2. Click the Hibernate tab, select the Enable hibernate support check box, and then click Apply. If the Hibernate tab is unavailable, your computer does not support this feature. 3. Click the APM tab, click Enable Advanced Power Management support, and then click Apply. The APM tab is unavailable on ACPI–compliant computers. ACPI automatically enables Advanced Power Management, which disables the APM tab. 4. Click the Power Schemes tab, and then select a time period in System hibernates. Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time. To manually put your computer into hibernation You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of either the Administrators or Power Users group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. 1. Open Power Options in Control Panel. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Power Options.) 2. Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable hibernate support check box. If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer does not support this feature. 3. Click OK to close the Power Options dialog box. 4. Click Start, and then click Shut Down. In the What do you want the computer to do drop-down list, click Hibernate. If you are using Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP Professional with Fast User Switching turned on, the Shut Down menu will present the options to Stand By, Turn Off, or Restart your computer. Hold down the Shift key, and the Stand By button will change to Hibernate. |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by ayobase(m): 3:38pm On Aug 14, 2008 |
Yes of course hibernating does. I am a testimony!! |
Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by Nobody: 12:14pm On Aug 15, 2008 |
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Re: Does Hibernating A Laptop Diminish Overall Battery Life Over Time? by Mustay(m): 12:29pm On Aug 15, 2008 |
No! |
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