A question about an Advanced Power Setting dealing with the hard drive.


xlr8tx

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Hello All.

I was looking through the advanced power settings on my new laptop when I saw that the hard drive (or "hard disk", as it's labeled, even though it's an SSD) is set to "Turn Off" after only one (1) minute on both battery power and while plugged in.

Is this a normal amount of time for this setting? It seems rather short to me.

Should I change it?

Any insights and advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Windows Build/Version
22621.1485 22H2

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home 64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U
    Memory
    8 GB LPDDR4X-4266MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" WUXGA IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen3 TLC
    Browser
    Edge, Chrome
    Antivirus
    MS Defender, Malwarebytes (free)
There is no setting for SSD. That's only for HDD - if you have any (if not - it does nothing - obviously). If that setting would apply to the SSD that would be bad - since your SSD would power off (only thing it can do - since it doesn't have moving parts like an HDD or a standby mode if not in use).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 SP 16 (or Windows 11 SP 2 or Sun Valley 2)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    CPU
    Intel & AMD
    Memory
    SO-DIMM SK Hynix 15.8 GB Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 (2 x 8 GB) 1329MHz (19-19-19-43)
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia RTX 2060 6GB Mobile GPU (TU106M)
    Sound Card
    Onbord Realtek ALC1220
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB / 1x Seagate Expansion ST1000LM035 1TB
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