Downloading & SLEEPING ?

badtz

If I was downloading a very big file over night, will the download keep going if the computer goes to sleep?



[will it keep DL'ing, if I don't check the "put hd to sleep?]



thanks

defiant

if the computer goes to sleep. your download will stop.

the HD can't go to sleep when you're writing something on her.

badtz

but if i set the hd to not go to sleep, shouldn't the HD continue to receive data?



cna i put the settings to "never" for sleep, and the display to "15 minutes" and have the HD continue to work w/the monitor off?



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klinux

Yes the PC can have the display off while the rest (CPU, HD) is on while you are downloading.

ebby

My Beige G3 will play mp3's or a stream over the internet while in sleep. I used MacAmp PR 0.3.

badtz

is there anyway for the computer to use less power and still be able to allow network/download activity?

whisper

[quote]Originally posted by badtz:

<strong>is there anyway for the computer to use less power and still be able to allow network/download activity?</strong><hr></blockquote>



Tell the monitor to go to sleep but leave the everyhing else on. Both OS 9.x and 10.x can do this (maybe not 10.0.x; I don't remember the Energy Saver control panel from that version well enough to say).

robo

[quote]Originally posted by Ebby:

<strong>My Beige G3 will play mp3's or a stream over the internet while in sleep. I used MacAmp PR 0.3. </strong><hr></blockquote>



No, it won't. Most likely the monitor has gone to sleep, which you mistook for the computer being asleep.



sleeping = hard drive off, CPU inactive, and just a little bit of power to the RAM to keep data from disappearing.





-robo