Comments on: IntelliPlug http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266 A soggy blog by Rick Parsons Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Order of the Bath » Blog Archive » Migrating to Mac (Part 1) http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-111518 Order of the Bath » Blog Archive » Migrating to Mac (Part 1) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:38:27 +0000 http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-111518 [...] had an unfortunate side effect. The power consumption in sleep mode is so low that it triggered my Intelliplug to shut down, switching off power to all peripherals. This should be a *good thing* but one of [...] [...] had an unfortunate side effect. The power consumption in sleep mode is so low that it triggered my Intelliplug to shut down, switching off power to all peripherals. This should be a *good thing* but one of [...]

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=bb1b3dcb995a61c82b157641714468f0&&;size=32&default=http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/monsterid/6492dd056b64bbe.png" alt="Rick MonsterID Icon" height="32" width="32"/> Rick http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-96691 Rick MonsterID Icon Rick Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:14:20 +0000 http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-96691 When you Hibernate it certainly works. For Standby it may depend on how your machine is set up. There are 4 levels of standby:— <ul> <li>S1 = The CPU and Memory remain ON and certain other peripherals (like the graphics and sound cards) may also remain on.</li> <li>S2 = Shuts down the CPU.</li> <li>S3 = Shuts down the CPU and all peripherals but leaves the memory on.</li> <li>S4 = Also shuts down the memory and is functionally like hibernate so not a lot of use.</li> </ul> You need to go into the BIOS power management screen to select the right option, the most useful is S3 unless you have special requirements. On my system, when I do that, sufficient is shut down to trigger the Intelliplug. When you Hibernate it certainly works. For Standby it may depend on how your machine is set up. There are 4 levels of standby:—

  • S1 = The CPU and Memory remain ON and certain other peripherals (like the graphics and sound cards) may also remain on.
  • S2 = Shuts down the CPU.
  • S3 = Shuts down the CPU and all peripherals but leaves the memory on.
  • S4 = Also shuts down the memory and is functionally like hibernate so not a lot of use.

You need to go into the BIOS power management screen to select the right option, the most useful is S3 unless you have special requirements. On my system, when I do that, sufficient is shut down to trigger the Intelliplug.

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a07361513ae255e90ef145eb5ba9594e&&;size=32&default=http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/monsterid/bd1415526ac53fd.png" alt="Dave Parsons MonsterID Icon" height="32" width="32"/> Dave Parsons http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-96576 Dave Parsons MonsterID Icon Dave Parsons Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:32:21 +0000 http://west-penwith.org.uk/blog/archives/266#comment-96576 How does this work if you put your machine into standby? Does the PC power-supply drop it's load enough to trigger the inteliplug? I'm not sure if I would want the peripherals to be switched off or not. How does this work if you put your machine into standby? Does the PC power-supply drop it’s load enough to trigger the inteliplug? I’m not sure if I would want the peripherals to be switched off or not.

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