Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2

[Guest Thomas M.]

Windows XP SP2

 

We are currently evaluating Vista for deployment in our environment and we

have learned that one of the supposed advantages to Vista is the enhanced

power management features when running on a Certified for Windows Vista

machine. We would like to test the power management features of Vista and

do a comparison to XP SP2.

 

Toward that end we have purchased a Watts Up Pro device to monitor power

usage. I am planning to run XP and configure the power management options

to save the maximum amount of power. I will then run Vista on the SAME

machine and also with the power management options configured to save the

maximum amount of power. The Watts Up Pro device will allow me to import

the data to the PC and graph each data set (XP and Vista) on the same chart

so that we can do a side-by-side comparison.

 

So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to set

in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2? Is it

as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is there more

to it than that?

 

Thanks for any help that you can offer.

 

--Tom

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2

 

 

 

Thomas M. wrote:

> Windows XP SP2

>

> We are currently evaluating Vista for deployment in our environment and we

> have learned that one of the supposed advantages to Vista is the enhanced

> power management features when running on a Certified for Windows Vista

> machine. We would like to test the power management features of Vista and

> do a comparison to XP SP2.

>

> Toward that end we have purchased a Watts Up Pro device to monitor power

> usage. I am planning to run XP and configure the power management options

> to save the maximum amount of power. I will then run Vista on the SAME

> machine and also with the power management options configured to save the

> maximum amount of power. The Watts Up Pro device will allow me to import

> the data to the PC and graph each data set (XP and Vista) on the same chart

> so that we can do a side-by-side comparison.

>

> So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to set

> in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2? Is it

> as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is there more

> to it than that?

>

 

Yep, that's the max power saving setting. The computer is off with the

exception of the motherboard monitoring the on switch.

> Thanks for any help that you can offer.

>

> --Tom

>

>

[Guest Thomas M.]

Re: Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2

 

>> So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to

>> set in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2?

>> Is it as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is

>> there more to it than that?

>>

>

> Yep, that's the max power saving setting. The computer is off with the

> exception of the motherboard monitoring the on switch.

 

That's what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. The test would be no good

if I got that little tidbit wrong!

 

I haven't worked much with our new Watts Up Pro device, but if it allows me

to export the data to a format that I could easily post here, I will do so.

 

--Tom

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2

 

 

 

Thomas M. wrote:

>>>So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to

>>>set in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2?

>>>Is it as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is

>>>there more to it than that?

>>>

>>

>>Yep, that's the max power saving setting. The computer is off with the

>>exception of the motherboard monitoring the on switch.

>

>

> That's what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. The test would be no good

> if I got that little tidbit wrong!

>

> I haven't worked much with our new Watts Up Pro device, but if it allows me

> to export the data to a format that I could easily post here, I will do so.

>

> --Tom

 

 

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