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Is it safe to store laptop in carry bag in sleep mode?
is it safe to carry laptop in carry bag in sleep mode or are some components still dissapating heat?
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i know at least whenever mines in sleep mode (not hibernating) it still gives off just about as much heat as normal usage does.
if it was just for a small amount of time I dont think it would be too bad for it unless your notebook is normally a fireball on your lap.
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Just put it in hibernantion mode and you will be fine why wouuld anyone store it in sleep mode. Use hiberation mode it will shut down and save your current session to hard drive then it will restore as soon as you power on
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I do it all the time and it's not hot when I take it out of the bag.
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If I were you I would not walk around with a notebook in sleep mode in a carry bag. I would always put it in hibernate that way the components are powered down and the notebook is practically off. I had a friend who used to walk around with his notebook in sleep mode (standby) all the time in his carry bag, well a year later and his hard drive started making strange ("coo-ing" like a bird )noises then it stopped working just like that. You see sometimes his notebook did not sleep completely and the hard drive was still moving while he was walking around with it. A moving active hard drive plus notebook motion can spell trouble...
The heat shouldn't be an issue because if anything the heat is slowly being dissipated as the notebook is not running.
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i carried my toshiba around every day for three years in standby. never had a problem.
when it's in standby, it doesn't really create any heat. always cool when i pull it out. standby or hibernation, the hard drive still isn't active or doing anything so it wouldn't really matter which you're in.
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it still gives off just about as much heat as normal usage does.
I can't really belive that. In standby, the only component receiving power is the ram, and that is a limited amount of power. There's no way a computer running full speed (processor, gpu, hard drive etc) will produce the same amount of power as a computer that receives only a small amount of power to barely keep the ram operational.
Can I ask you, what is giving out SOOO much heat? I mean the cpu, gpu, and every other component in the machine are COMPLETELY off, except for the ram.
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Some of you are missing the point....The fact remains that putting in Hibernation mode is best. Why on earth would you want to keep the power going and draining (no matter how slowly) and carry it around. Makes no sense to keep it running none at all..................Also check with the manufacture. I know most of their phone line techs are oblivious as to what a real user does with the equipment but on this one its better to be safe than sorry. Different people will get different results. Also note that not all manufactures machines are configured the same so they will react differently in the various power states.
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putting your computer into hibernation makes more sense if it's going to be off for a while, but if you're just carrying it around campus or something like that and need it to go off and come back on quickly standby makes much more sense. on my old toshiba, i could keep it in standby for an entire day and only lose MAYBE 10% of battery power.
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The fact remains that putting in Hibernation mode is best. Why on earth would you want to keep the power going and draining (no matter how slowly) and carry it around
Well a reason why is because putting a computer in hibernation and taking it out of it will consume a lot more power than putting it in standby. If you're out away from a socket, and u put it in hibernation, then take it out of hibernation will consume more power than keeping it in standby the whole time.