NoshowJones Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I have just bought a new Acer AIO and would be interested in knowing what settings you use on Power. A. When plugged in. Turn off my screen after--------. B. When plugged in. Put my device to sleep after------. Any reasons you have would also be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyFarang Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 5 min / 15 min That suits my needs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman30 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 depends how much you use your PC how patient or impatient you are and how much power it draws and whether you care personally i never turn my PC off, it never goes to sleep purely because i am impatient my display turns off after 5 minutes though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 3 hours ago, NoshowJones said: I have just bought a new Acer AIO and would be interested in knowing what settings you use on Power. A. When plugged in. Turn off my screen after--------. B. When plugged in. Put my device to sleep after------. Any reasons you have would also be helpful. These settings would also have been on your previous machine. The defaults are designed to suit most needs. Therefore, if you never needed to change them previously, I wouldn't worry. They are there to enable you to save a little electricity and also to suit individual preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 2 hours ago, The Fugitive said: These settings would also have been on your previous machine. The defaults are designed to suit most needs. Therefore, if you never needed to change them previously, I wouldn't worry. They are there to enable you to save a little electricity and also to suit individual preferences. No, I never bothered about them on my last machine, I was just checking through everything when I seen the Power and remembered seeing on YouTube something saying never to switch off your computer, there also used to be a Hibernate button next to the Sleep, so I was thinking about keeping the computer almost permanently on sleep when not in use. I used to always switch it off when it wasn't in use, then I starting thinking that always starting it up was maybe part of the problem with my last computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, NoshowJones said: No, I never bothered about them on my last machine, I was just checking through everything when I seen the Power and remembered seeing on YouTube something saying never to switch off your computer, there also used to be a Hibernate button next to the Sleep, so I was thinking about keeping the computer almost permanently on sleep when not in use. I used to always switch it off when it wasn't in use, then I starting thinking that always starting it up was maybe part of the problem with my last computer. Switching off shouldn't cause any faults. However, maintenance routines and updates will queue and may take some time to complete if your machine has been off for a while. With a new machine this shouldn't be a problem for you though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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