simms Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 I've heard that you can save a lot of spave and speed up your system if you disable hibernate and standby on your computer. Hibernate is easy to turn off...and standby I have no idea where to turn off... Is it true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2002 turning off Standby wont be any different. So Hibernate is the only one you need to worry about. To turn it off though you need to go in the BIOS and disable ACPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 standby doesnt take up any space at all....all it does is shut off as much devices on your computer as it can.and keeps power flowing to the critical parts like the RAM to keep your place and puts your computer in a low power state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 23, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2002 hehe.. let me add that it depends on which version of standby you use. The reason why i don't even use Hibernate is that standby (S3 version) will shut off da PC totally... and it boots back in waaay less time than hibernate :) I never turn off my PC though so that's a feature that i don't use.. :) Freexa - what you're talking about is the S1 Version of standby :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 damn LOL my computer must be old,, how the hell can i upgrade to at least S2 or S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simms Posted January 24, 2002 Author Share Posted January 24, 2002 So the basic thing here is to change BIOS settings ;) no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 1. Change Your System to "Standard PC" Over "ACPI" In Device Manager. Just go to update driver and choose standard pc from the list. no need for a BIOS Change or anything. Or 2. Just Go To Power Properties and Uncheck the Hibernation Check Mark, This will give you back the Amount of RAM You Have In Hard Drive Space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 24, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2002 Originally posted by freeza damn LOL my computer must be old,, how the hell can i upgrade to at least S2 or S3 hehe.. there is no S2, just S3 but maybe a BIOS update will add that functionality to your PC if it's not too old or a OEM system like dells and all that. If you bought your mobo between Jan00 to now then it should have it (brand new, not a brand new old model) hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superlgn Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 I wouldn't mess with bios settings for something like that. Just disable hybernate support inside the Power control panel. Also System Restore will use up some extra space as well, disable that in my computer properties (somewhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simms Posted January 24, 2002 Author Share Posted January 24, 2002 Cool. Thanks :) BTW, my friend has standby disabled...how do you do that? (Like the button is grayed out when you try to shut down his computer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 he probably has a piece of hardware that xp doesn't like for standby, thats the only thing i can think of, there's really no 1 place where you can disable standby. for example if i install my piece of junk encore dxr3 from creative, the system disables standby. because its a device that doesn't work properly in that mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simms Posted January 24, 2002 Author Share Posted January 24, 2002 Interesting. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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