It's very common, especially for laptop users, let the equipment go to the default setting (It does it automatically when you close the laptop cover, for example) instead of turning it off. In doing so, when we return recycle equipment The process is much quicker than letting it start again, and we'll get everything we left open as we had, so it goes very well.
The problem lies when we leave the machine in a state called "deep suspension", that is. for a very long time
Is it better to turn off or stop the PC?
When we give Susend PC or allow it to go into this mode, the hardware hardware goes into what is called "Sleep mode", a mode that shuts down a portion of your hardware (for example, hard drives and SSDs that enter the mode) DEV_SLEEP and the power transmission goes into S3 mode).
In contrast, the S3 mode description means «Stop-in RAM", Which is RAM remains fully functional because, being a flexible memory, if turned off, the data contained would be lost and in that case we couldn't re-PC as we had.
As a general rule nothing happened By doing this, everything will work fine again no component will be damaged. However, according to Intel, it is possible specific effectsAt least for a long time:
«If we leave the PC in long sleep mode without turning it off, the memory may not be fully restored. It can cause excessive memory loss and reduce its operating speed or cause errors (BSOD) when it returns to normal after PC restart. Ideally, at least, the PC restarts on or off every 2-3 days ».
In short, it is better to turn off the PC If we are not going to use it for a long time, to avoid not only the overlay of components – especially RAM – but also the slow down of equipment and failures that can be like blue screens. In any case, it's not at all risky for the team to leave it suspended, though it's true that as Intel shows it can have consequences that, in fact, are not as bad as the loss of unsafe work we can have right now when machines get into suspension mode.
Now, nothing happens to stop the PC when we're talking about short-term gaps and, in any case, we have to remember that the team always feels good to restart from time to time.
