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Posted by Faisal on May 21, 2008, 1:22 am
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Hi,
I have HP 6910p and Vista Exterprise.
While I move to Sleep mode at the end of the day, it shows blinking power
means on Sleep BUT when I wake it up next morning 20~25% battery is consumed.
This was not happening before.
If I keep Sleep for more than 2 days it shuts down abnormally.
Faisal
"Bob Forgrave" wrote:
> Outstanding. Thanks, Michael. If, from your experience, there are specific
> settings I should be on the lookout for when setting up Windows Media Center
> for suspend and wakeup, please share. This useful feature of WMC is currently
> not heavily documented anywhere I've seen. Providing it for others can be an
> equalizer to help sway the purchase decision away from Tivo.
>
> Bob
>
> "Michael Creasy [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > You don't need to tweak anything. I've had my Media Center go into suspend
> > and wake up for recordings for over a year with no problems.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Creasy [MSFT] - http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> > > This is good. But elsewhere in this area, I read the solution for problems
> > > recording in sleep mode: turn it off. Not good. How reliable is sleep mode
> > > for long-term usage, are there any recommended settings, and are there
> > > more
> > > responsible tweaks than turning the whole area off?
> > >
> > > "Michael Creasy [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Media Center (and most, in fact probably all new PCs) can be configured
> > >> to
> > >> go into a suspend mode when not in use. I don't have power consumption
> > >> numbers, but most of the PC gets shut down, hard drives sping down, fans
> > >> stop etc. When there's something to record the PC wakes up and then goes
> > >> back to suspend mode when it's done.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Michael Creasy [MSFT] - http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights.
> > >>
> > >> > Despite all the hype about replacing a VCR with one of these, I have
> > >> > yet
> > >> > to
> > >> > see how the power consumption compares with a round-the-clock device.
> > >> > Is a
> > >> > Media Center PC always powered on @ 300 watts (think five typical light
> > >> > bulbs
> > >> > left on every day...) or is there some way to activate a sleep mode and
> > >> > not
> > >> > make this a waste of energy in the middle of the night between
> > >> > recordings?
> > >> >
> > >> > How does a with a dedicated device like Tivo fare in this area?
> > >> >
> > >> > The features of Windows Media Center sound cool, but only if I can use
> > >> > them
> > >> > responsibly.
> > >> > --
> > >> > Bob
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
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