When it works correctly, sleep mode, or standby mode, keeps your computer in a low-power state between uses. Several settings in Windows can cause the computer to wake prematurely, negating the ...

When a computer is in a Sleep state, it is not performing any task and may appear to be off. But it is not shut down but retains the memory state. S0, S1, S2, S3, and S4 are the four power states, of ...

I have tried using S3 on my MSI K7D Master L with two modded Athlon XPs but it just causes my computer to shutdown: When I tried it, Windows did a little grinding and then *boom* everything shutdown.