Just checked mine. Turn off monitor: 30 minutes. Put computer to sleep: Never.
That's probably why I hear the email chime going off. I still would like the Hdds to spin down. Nothing for the ssd to do since I'm not going to dump memory to it. On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:34 PM, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: > May be, over my pay grade. 8-) > All I know is I have it set for never. > > Anyway to check . I wonder. > Thanks > homework a foot > fp > At 10:46 AM 9/4/2012, Winterlight Poked the stick with: >> At 10:17 AM 9/4/2012, you wrote: >>> I have mine in W7 to never turn off in advanced power settings >>> fp >> >> My experience is that, unlike XP and below, that never turn off setting >> doesn't actually work.They may not turn off, but they go into stases until >> accessed. That is what the little delay is when you first access a drive >> that has been idle for a while. >> >> >> >> >>> At 10:06 AM 9/4/2012, Winterlight Poked the stick with: >>>> At 06:20 AM 9/4/2012, you wrote: >>>>> The other day someone had mentioned they had Win7 with an SSD and they >>>>> leave their system on 24/7. I was wondering do you allow the system to >>>>> sleep in a low power state? >>>> >>>> That was me. Since Vista the hard drives power down automatically after a >>>> set period of inactivity, and you can't over ride this. That is why when >>>> you try to access a disk in Vista or Win7 a lot of times it is asleep, and >>>> it has to wake up before you can actually use it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Not Standby or Hibernate just sleep? If so, how do you do it? I had heard >>>>> SSD's and Win7 don't get along good with sleeping. I would like to let my >>>>> system run also but have concerns... Regards, joeuser - Still looking for >>>>> the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." >>> >>> Date: Tue, September 4th, 2012 >>> >>> ***Caution, Tagline Below *** >>> **Tallyho** >>> **************************************** >>> Is a Jamaican terminal a Rastafarian? >>> **************************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > Date: Tue, September 4th, 2012 > > ***Caution, Tagline Below *** > **Tallyho** > **************************************** > A mind is a terrible thing to lay off. > **************************************** > > > > > > > > > >
