Our article from a couple years ago on how to check and change your BIOS sleep state is still relevant. The S1 mode leaves the CPU and RAM powered up, the S3 mode powers those down. Not to mention that I can wake up my PC by tapping the keyboard, instead of reaching down to press a small power button.īut what about power, you ask? Am I running up my power bill? As long as your system BIOS supports the S3 ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) mode, no. Shutting down takes a couple seconds longer, but waking my computer up is almost instantaneous. That’s right two seconds to get to a truly usable desktop waking from sleep mode.
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