I'm about to start a long render (probably take 10 hours) and I'm
wondering if Standby mode will kick in after 30 minutes (which it's
currently set to)? Or will it NOT because the render is happening?
Or should I disable auto-Standby mode? I won't be using the PC.

"qwerty" wrote
Standby mode only makes sense for battery-dependent
lap tops. Turn it off and leave it off forever.

When doing time intensive computer tasks it is wise to disable standby and
hibernation. Be safe!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"qwerty" <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote in message
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gangle wrote:

Rubbish. It makes sense for any time that you want the PC to
conserve power and hard drive usage after a non-use period.

Richard Urban wrote:

Hmm, I thought Microsoft would have been smart enough to make
Standby/Hibernation NOT occur if any given process was using
more than 50% CPU... I guess not. Shame! I'll disable it.

qwerty wrote:

When I say 50%, that was just an example. Anything higher
than say 10% CPU should be considered important enough not to
invoke Standby/Hibernation.

qwerty wrote:
I hate it, but wouldn't hibernate work better for that? With Standby
the motherboard still uses power to detect when to come out of stanby.
If you're worried about conserving power, wouldn't hibernate be the
better option?

~Senti

qwerty wrote:
The problem would come into play with the smaller CPUs, I think. A
program that is using 10% of a 500MHz processor is going to use a lot
less with a 2.8GHz processor. Keeping that program running may be just
as vital on either system.

Anyway, if you need to keep your computer working when you're not there,
it's always best to disable any power saving features.

~Senti

www@yy.z wrote:

Yep, I've decided to do this. Thanks to all who replied!