WINDOWS 10 GRAY IDLE TIMER PC

When this time-out occurs, the system immediately enters the ACPI Sleep (S3) state. There is a 5-second grace period between when the display turns off and when the screen off notification is fired. However, the system continues to run and all applications continue to operate normally as if the display was powered on. When this time-out occurs, the display immediately turns off. In Windows 10, the display is automatically dimmed 10 seconds before it is turned off. This time-out is no longer supported starting with Windows 8.1. This time-out is no longer supported starting with Windows 8.1.

WINDOWS 10 GRAY IDLE TIMER PC

The following table summarizes the differences between a modern standby PC and a traditional sleep PC. Instead users would expect the system to stay turned on and connected but operate in a low-power mode. A modern standby PC is similar to a smartphone- few users would tolerate their smartphone periodically turning off and entering hibernation.

That's because modern standby is a consistently low-power state with long battery life. Instead, Windows manages Hibernate intelligently, only using it when required to preserve user's battery life. Although Modern Standby systems support Hibernate (S4) state, it is not entered automatically after a fixed amount of time in sleep. Hibernate is used to reduce battery drain during sleep by saving all information in memory to the disk and powering off the system completely. Mobile systems also support the ACPI Hibernate (S4) state.

If a user sets the two timeouts to be the same on a modern standby PC, the power model is similar to that used by most smartphones: when the screen is off, the system is always in a low-power mode and always connected to the Internet. The reason for providing two separate time-outs is to allow the system to stay turned on and fully running, but save power by turning off the display. Traditional sleep (S3) and Modern Standby systems implement both a display idle time-out and a sleep idle time-out.

Windows 10 gray idle timer