Disable sleep?

[bjanssen]

Hi!

I'm thinking of trading in my MacBook Air for a surface pro 3 and have a question. I use my MacBook as a server of sorts that needs to remain on when it is plugged in and never go to sleep. I understand the surface pro 3 locks out some of the power settings. Is it possible to make the surface pro 3 stay on when plugged in?

Thanks in advance!

BJ

 

[malberttoo]

Yes, it is possible.

 

[bjanssen]

Great! Thanks for the prompt response!

BJ

 

[malberttoo]

You're welcome! When you're ready, post back here for help. You'll have to enable Hyper-V and make a few adjustments. No big deal though, probably take you all of 3 minutes.

 

[bjanssen]

Hmm. That doesn't sound ideal. I thought enabling hyper-v meant disabling connected standby? I'd like to keep connected standby, particularly when unplugged.

BJ

 

[bjanssen]

I've done some more digging around. Do you think this would work?

1) Enable Hyper-V to get access to power profiles.
2) Set the balanced profile to never sleep when plugged in.
3) Disable Hyper-V to get Connected Standby back.

The primary reason I need this is if I am seeding torrents, I don't want the thing to keep turning off.

Thanks again!
BJ

 

[jnjroach]

You don't need to go into that much trouble, just go into the Power Settings and Change Plan Settings and set Sleep to Never while Plugged In.....

 

[bjanssen]

Oh excellent, so it's not locked out? Great result!

 

[jnjroach]

Yes... there are Power Options available...

 

[ctitanic]

You don't need to go into that much trouble, just go into the Power Settings and Change Plan Settings and set Sleep to Never while Plugged In.....

Correct. You don't need to do any workaround.

 

[malberttoo]

You don't need to go into that much trouble, just go into the Power Settings and Change Plan Settings and set Sleep to Never while Plugged In.....

Aw snap, my bad. I was totally confusing the issue with the WiFi performance thing...

 

[jnjroach]

Aw snap, my bad. I was totally confusing the issue with the WiFi performance thing...

No worries