Becks

I will be at work tomorrow, returning home around half 10. I want to set my PC up to record MOTD2, and put it into some sort of hibernation/sleep mode so power usage is minimal whilst I'm out.

I've downloaded a program that wakes my PC up from hibernation, but as my admin account is password protected it asks for that and hence is a bit useless. Does sleep mode do the same and how much power does that use?

Before anyone says it I can't remove the password as otherwise Windows Media Center won't work properly.

Paul Bacon

Just leave it on. My PC can be on for 2/3 days without turning it off sometimes

Sod global warming

Jonno-Blood

What Paul said. Mine's on for days on end tbh, can't do it much good mind.

Fred_the_Red

Just switch your monitor off and set poweroff time or sleep mode on control panel.

Becks

I'm not feeling it. I love my money as well as the planet.

Paul Bacon

Does more damage turning it on and off than just leaving it running

ajw2255

go to screen saveer settings and set it to hibernate after x hours of inactivity, preferably after you've finished recording

Becks

Ah I think I may have fixed it.

I read somewhere there are risks with sleep and hibernate, relating to hardware not waking up properly. Anyone able to shed any light on this?

gaza01

Not sure but my laptop can go a bit funny if i just stick it in sleep mode over the space of a few days.

Willigogs

My boss NEVER turns his laptop off, EVER. He even has it on during his comute to work, and it's never broken down, etc, so I assume computers are ok left on 24/7?