Submission + - S3 Standby State Done Right
Cameron Butterfield writes: "Because of increasing awareness in the general public about energy conservation, the ability to utilize low power states on desktop PCs is incredibly underdocumented and widely unused. My goal with this article is to change all that, to help computer users everywhere utilize these low power states without losing any original functionality of their network drives or remote applications. Heck, if you follow this guide, you may even be able to save a buck or two in the process. This article will attempt to answer the following:
The link to this article is here: http://www.exoid.com/?p=29
Please give it a read and please consider posting the link on slashdot.
Thank you.
-Cameron Butterfield"
- Why bother? Why do I even want to waste my time on this?
- My computer won't cooperate! How can I enable a S3 standby state which uses a fraction of the power vs. an Always on or a S1 standby state?
- Now that I have enabled a S3 Standby state, how can I get my computer to wake up without issues?
- I use my computer as an always on a file server / remote desktop / vnc machine. Can I actually take advantage of low power sleep states? I need access to my files at all times!
The link to this article is here: http://www.exoid.com/?p=29
Please give it a read and please consider posting the link on slashdot.
Thank you.
-Cameron Butterfield"
