"overhybernation"????????????

FYI: The hibernation question has nothing to do with using or saving power.
The only reason I would like to use hibernate rather than shutdown is to
bring the computer back at the state I left it rather than a "clean" start.

Bob

"Tim Slattery" <> wrote in message
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> "Bob Newman" <> wrote:
>
>>Multiple support reps at Toshiba have told me that Toshiba does not
>>recommend using the hibernate mode as it may damage the system board.
>>They
>>referred to it as "overhibernation" and they recommend only using the full
>>shut down. Sounds screwy to me. Opinions please.
>
> Very screwy. Hibernation involves writing the contents of RAM, video
> RAM, and whatever else is needed to a disk file and shutting down.
>
> One thing I've noticed on my Toshiba laptop: there's a yellow LED that
> slowly flashes when the machine is hibernated. I guess that means that
> something deep in the BIOS knows that the machine was hibernated and
> flashes this light. Seems to use extremely little energy, the battery
> charge diminishes just about not at all.
>
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> Tim Slattery
>
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