Hi, @BINNY Looks like a serious problem you have there. But I don't really see how GNU/Linux could have caused that. I have used sleep/suspend mode several times on my 2 systems without ever having any problems. And as someone mentioned, I couldn't find on the net -any reports of such failures. It could be that your system had some hardware glitch which got triggered during recovery from suspended mode. Probably, a faulty SMPS as someone mentioned. This is supported by the fact that your system didn't blow up the first time you resumed (s/w errors tend to be more predictable than h/w failures). So it may be better to avoid suspend for the time being.
And as for what your 'Windoze Friend' said, don't take anything for face value unless they have hard reasons to support their claims. I have often heard claims like these (linux destroys your computer!!), without any explanations- thats just FUD. During sleep mode, the entire computer is put to sleep- except the RAM (which holds the state your computer was in), the chips that receive interrupts, and the power control systems. This task cannot be accomplished by the OS alone. Ultimately, it is the achieved by the hardware on the motherboard at the behest of your OS. So, if at all, it would be the fault of your h/w that causes the problem. Frankly, I can't think how any sane hardware manufacturer would intentionally allow an OS to blow up the system on resumption from suspension. If you are interested in how OS and h/w achieves power management, you can check "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)" on wikipedia. @Yadu Power management may be unhealthy, but almost all power management schemes are designed by hardware manufacturers- unless you, or the OS changes the default. Gnu/Linux rarely does that. Recently, a power scheme for Laptops was found to reduce hard drive life under Ubuntu (not ubuntu specific, though). But ultimately, it was found to be the default setting for the drive, set by their manufacturers. And as for undervolting, I remember that CMOS circuits can operate well even below their threshold voltage. The point is, any modifications to hardware can be done as long as the engineers know what they are doing and are ready to accept the change in life expectancy of chips. Its not like they will operate indefinitely - they will break one day. @Shino I agree with you on the stabilizer issue. Its actually hard to predict how cascaded power conditioning systems would work. For example- UPS to UPS, Stabilizer to UPS etc. That may prove to be nasty. Besides, you don't need a stabilizer when you have a UPS - better avoid that. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
