connected standby question
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malberttoo
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Mine is instant as well. Press the power button or Windows button on the bezel, and the screen immediately comes on.
How long has been in Connected Standby? For me anything 4 hours and under is instant, over 4 its coming out of hibernation so it takes a few seconds...
daniielrp
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That is normal behaviour for the SP3
Surface Pro Power States - Will hibernate after a few hours to save battery.
malberttoo
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Don't forget that it only hibernates if it's not plugged in. If it is plugged in, it will stay in Connected Standby indefinitely.
ctitanic
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May be the Dell is configured to stay always in Connected Standby. The PRO 3 goes into deep sleep after 4 hours.
That is by design....
On Battery:
0-4 hours - Connected Standby
4-12 hours - Modified (Lite S4) Hibernate
12+ hours - Deep Hibernation (Traditional S4 Power State)
The SP3 uses a Core CPU, the i5 and i7 are actually using a jointly developed (by the Surface Team and Intel) SoC that uses the U variant of the CPU. The traditional U variant is not Connected Standby Capable. The i3 uses the Y variant SoC that other Haswell based Core Systems used and is Connect Standby Capable.
Your Dell uses the ATOM, which like the ARM SoC is designed from the ground up to operate like a Smartphone or Tablet SoC with long Standby States.
wynand32
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BTW, you can tell if it's coming out of hibernation vs. connected standby pretty easily. If the former, then you'll see the Surface logo as it wakes up and you'll have to unlock. If the latter, then you won't see the logo and you'll only have to unlock if it's been long enough since it was put to sleep.
