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February 15th, 2017 12:00
Alienware Sleep Mode
Hello. I recently purchased a second-hand Alienware Aurora R3 and was wondering what the best option for sleep mode would be. Given all of the hardware inside (3HDD's, multiple fans, water cooling pump, etc ..) I was also wondering if waking from sleep mode multiple times a day will have any "wear & tear" on the components.
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Tesla1856
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February 16th, 2017 11:00
Alienware Command Center, Thermal Controller, Manual (User Control), Use Curve
Tesla1856
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February 15th, 2017 13:00
I have found that Sleep-Mode doesn't work so well with my Aurora-R1's MIO-Board and Command Center. Sometimes it wakes in wrong mode.
Since it has a SSD as boot drive, I just boot it up and use it. It usually stays booted-up all day with no whole system Sleep or Hibernation.
I do have monitors turn-off after 10-minutes, and spinning HDDs spin-down after 30 minutes. New MSI GTX-1070 has Zero-Frozr tech, so it's fan only runs while gaming. Other fans slow down when Idle due to Manually set temperature-curve.
Works for me.
JD3232
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February 15th, 2017 15:00
Interesting. How are you spinning the HDD's down?
Tesla1856
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February 15th, 2017 15:00
Just the normal Windows-10 Power Profile. It only applies to "spinning drives".
JD3232
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February 15th, 2017 18:00
I see. And with your fans, how are you controlling those to slow when idle? (Sorry for so many questions. I am new to Alienware.)
JD3232
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February 16th, 2017 13:00
Thanks!