acpi and the str/s3 state

[Alex Snow]

The box I'm on now Has acpi support on the mainboard.  It dual boots winme
and linux, and winblows supports acpi fully.  It does everything acpi
related that I need it to.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: acpi and the str/s3 state


> Well, this wouldn't be the first thing that windows can't do properly. In
fact, that thought did pass through my mind, but I wanted to see what some
on this list might say.
>
> The machine isn't a laptop, but I thought acpi was a pretty cool feature.
Maybe I'll just disable standby, and let it run.
> Greg
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 06:31:43PM -0400, Scott Howell wrote:
> > I ain't no expert, but I hear tell that if you leave windows in that
> > kinda state, things can get hosed. Windows apparently does not handle
> > power management matters as well as they'd like you to believe. Of
> > course to inject my two cents worth, why would you want to put the
> > machine in this state. Maybe a laptop, but a desktop box suffers no ill
> > affects from being left on 24 hours a day, but for fans having a little
> > shorter life. I think for all this just turn the machine off all
> > together.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
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