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How to - Put computer on standby while still continuing downloading?

Discussion in 'Non-Emulation Help' started by toffster92, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. toffster92

    toffster92 Well-Known Member

    The title says it all.

    Basically, I want to put my computer on standby as to save on resources and electricity while I sleep, but I've read that putting your computer on regular "sleep" mode pauses all the downloads. What I want to know is, is there a way to put my computer on "standby" while still continuing the downloads? Many thanks in advance!
     
    toffster92, Dec 1, 2010
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no. Best you can do is have the monitor turn off and disks spin down. so-called 'sleep' mode is actually suspend to RAM, meaning the power is cut to everything except the motherboard and RAM.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 1, 2010
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  3. toffster92

    toffster92 Well-Known Member

    Oh I see. Still, it sounds like the electricity is still getting drained by a lot... that's my only concern see. The bills are piling up and I want to cut back as much as I can.

    How do you get the disks to spin-down then?
     
    toffster92, Dec 1, 2010
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    in windows power options.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 1, 2010
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  5. garychencool

    garychencool Well-Known Member

    lol, my dad asked me that question a while ago on how to save power while downloading stuff at 10 mb/s.
     
    garychencool, Dec 1, 2010
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  6. personuser

    personuser Well-Known Member

    Hmm, this is a quite interesting question indeed. I didn't think much of it when I saw it this morning, but this afternoon I found an ultra-rare series that I loved (and had been searching for for MONTHS) COMPLETE on rapidshare that has never seen a commercial DVD release (The PJs to be exact). I wanna be sure to grab it before rs time-deletes the links. I've got a huge, strong cooling pad for my lappy. Energy usage is not an issue here. Could I let it run overnight (with the fan on, lid closed and screen off) to harvest episodes with jdownloader without it damaging the lappy?
     
    personuser, Dec 1, 2010
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I wouldnt close the lid, to be honest. Quite apart from the fact it will probably put it into standby, it traps heat. Change the power options to disable standby/hibernate and if necessary, have the screen switch off after a set period.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 2, 2010
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