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PS4: Standby or Power down?
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Dreams-Visions
Member
+1. but i almost always want to charge the controller, so my choice is standby 90% of the time.
If you sent em to the download list, it should. Just making the purchase probably won't. It should ask after finishing the purchase.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Your receiver supports HDMI ARC, i've had a quick look at the manual on the Pioneer site but couldn't see where to enable it. You may need to enable it on the TV too. I have it on because my PS4 goes into the TV directly and HDMI ARC returns the audio to the receiver so it comes through the 5.1 speakers not the TV.
It also turns the receiver off when i turn off the TV which is handy.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Ok guys! Now I do realize what is happening to my PS4 (I said earlier that it was too warm in standby).
LOL, im feeling so noob right now!! But here it goes:
Besides the download list in notifications tab did not specified I was downloading anything, the console still was downloading all night and all day (and is still downloading it... damn 1mbps) Knack in the background. But to see that I have to open the game app... thats why I did not realized it beofre.
I thought the game would be playable, but the download status would be all the time showing at the notification tab. My mistake!
So... my PS4 was warm even in standby not just because of the enviroment (73F now, 83 earlier), but because it was all night and all day, downloading Knack in the background.
Thats a relief!! And yeah... it was very newbish from my part! lol
LOL, im feeling so noob right now!! But here it goes:
Besides the download list in notifications tab did not specified I was downloading anything, the console still was downloading all night and all day (and is still downloading it... damn 1mbps) Knack in the background. But to see that I have to open the game app... thats why I did not realized it beofre.
I thought the game would be playable, but the download status would be all the time showing at the notification tab. My mistake!
So... my PS4 was warm even in standby not just because of the enviroment (73F now, 83 earlier), but because it was all night and all day, downloading Knack in the background.
Thats a relief!! And yeah... it was very newbish from my part! lol
Thanks, I'll poke around some more. Wish my Harmony PS3 Adapter worked with the PS4. It would make my life much simpler.
mohsinkhan
Member
Is the fan suppose to stay in during standby mode? I can hear the fan spinning very quietly overnight when the ps4 is in standby.
NavyPharaoh
Member
Your ps3 isn't powered off unless u flick that switch n the back.... that's right your ps3 has been n standby all this time... UOENO
Same here.
I Stalk Alone
Member
70 watts thats like $70 a year in electricity. I could buy a nice GPU with $350 bucks in 5 years just by leaving it off. My pc is only 2 watts on hibernate and even then I still turn it off 9 times out of 10. I will remember never to leave that thing on stand by. It must be a typo.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
That is the power consumption while in standby and downloading content.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
power off, boots up fast and the downloads and updates are fast and the syncing trophies is fast.
no reason for standby what so ever.
no reason for standby what so ever.
It should only be on while it is downloading something. Once that is done it should go to the no fan level.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Mine was in standby 24h/day. But at this time of the year where I live the rain is coming even when I do not expect, and strong. For that reason my PS4 turned off twice with energy breaking.
Now Im letting my PS4 in standby while im home. When I go out I prefer to turn it off. At least while this time of rains lasts.
Now Im letting my PS4 in standby while im home. When I go out I prefer to turn it off. At least while this time of rains lasts.
AllBusinessJr
Member
Anyone still having issues with downloading updates in standby mode? The 1.52 system update was ready to install I powered on the console, but game updates still begin downloading only after I boot up.
deranged_666
Member
I had my PS4 on standby for two straight weeks. Turned it on, it booted up in about 7-10 seconds, all of my patches were downloaded automatically, 0 issues.
Can't see why I can't leave it like that all the time. So, standby for me.
Can't see why I can't leave it like that all the time. So, standby for me.
I leave mine on standby for Remote Play and downloading my updates and patches. However, last night, I woke it up from standby and it only then decided to download my 6GB update for DCUO and 600MB update for BF4.
Kind of annoying as I thought it should have downloaded both during standby. It has always done this in the past but last night was the first time I've seen it not download those updates.
Kind of annoying as I thought it should have downloaded both during standby. It has always done this in the past but last night was the first time I've seen it not download those updates.
NekoFever
Member
Same thing. 1.52 didn't download in standby for me and I don't think I've yet seen a patch download apart from when I turn it on.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
[Power Save Settings] > [Set Functions Available in Standby Mode] > [Supply Power from USB Ports] = OFF.
You can leave the other two options ON and the fan still shuts off completely.
Kssio_Aug
Member
No need to turn power supply off.
My standby is with everything setted on, and still the fans shuts off. What may be happening with him, is what happened with me... maybe he thinks the download have completed, but it is still downloading (and he can only see the progress inside the game app).
I can never remember which is which. I think they went with form at the expense of function on the buttons.
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Gaf I have a question. So I had the PS4 hooked up to my friends HMZ-T1(Sony's HD HeadMounted Display, which by the way was just mindblowing), when I would resume the PS4 from standby mode, there was absolutely no start up screen, the console would instantly display the Dynami UI Icons(the UI Icons were already loaded, you don't see the swirling icon). But now I have the PS4 connected to a LED monitor, and every time I start up the PS4 from standby mode, it takes the same time as you would turn on the PS4 from powered off state. What could the problem be?
mohsinkhan
Member
I gave Sony a called and they told me to turn it off before I goto bed at night. Not sure who to listen to :s.
ThomasAnderson
Member
I always power down, want to keep the mileage low.
Until they patch in the instant resume function where I can turn the PS4 on and be in a game right where I left off, I'll be turning mine off. The boot time was the same for me whether it was from suspend or from being completely off. Since I have so many other electronics including 5 PCs and laptops that are usually always on I'll do Mother Earth a favor and turn the PS4 off until instant resume gives me a reason to continue the rape.
Same here.
Its not the fan, I think, but PSU noise. Something very quiet like the sound what sound speakers do when not used but plugged in.
Guess some people are bad at hearing.
sankt-Antonio
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Why not make it just wake on lan, every night the thing should check for updates, if there aren't any go to <1w standby.
Really hate that it draws that much w and has its fan on. Thats a no go for me. I may be giving standby a chance if game resume comes by, love that on the vita.
Really hate that it draws that much w and has its fan on. Thats a no go for me. I may be giving standby a chance if game resume comes by, love that on the vita.
They're not traditional buttons. You don't push them, you touch them. Same thing as the original PS3 eject button, except that I find you only have to graze them in order to activate them. Very functional, IMO.
*Raises Hand*
It's annoying. I have all the correct options selected but still can't download game updates until i turn it on.
I can confirm this is true for my PS4.
If I disable [Supply Power from USB Ports], after the light turns orange, it hums for 10 or 15 more seconds and then stops completely.
If I keep that option, it still stays in some weird limbo mode. Not doing anything in background, but making that barely audible noise.
brickarts295
Member
Honestly I'm afraid of Stand By, I just recently had a power outage in my room because my sister plugged a Hair Dryer on the opposite side of the power outlet, both PS4 and my PC were connected in the outlet and Thank God they both shut down. So I'm sticking with shut down till the end of the console cycle.
FairXchange
Member
Despite my best efforts, my PS4 has yet to download anything overnight while in Stand by. I may as well completely shut it down now. It won't update anything until it's on, which defeats the entire purpose of stand by.
Edit: yes I've switched all the right settings on.
Edit: yes I've switched all the right settings on.
Hidden One
Member
I just turn it off. It's just what I'm comfortable with.
DidntKnowJack
Member
I power down. The advantages of being in standby are too few to waste the electricity.
I'm going to have to do this. I just got my kid Skylanders and the portal that comes with it lights up when plugged in. I don't really wanna have to plug it in every time he wants to play it, which is obviously going to be a lot.
George Claw M.D.
Member
I leave mine on standby, but it's connected to an APC Smart UPS battery backup in case of power outages/brownouts. For people who don't want to leave theirs on standby, does anyone know if PS4 has the option from PS3 to turn off the console after downloads complete and install? Seems the only option to download a bunch of data overnight is to either leave the PS4 on or put it on standby.
Also, like a poster said above, when I woke my PS4 out of standby last night, the activity lights started blinking furiously on the network switch the PS4 was connected to. And I noticed the PS4 started downloading that 6GB DCUO update. Other updates downloaded and installed just fine while in standby so the feature seems hit or miss.
Also, like a poster said above, when I woke my PS4 out of standby last night, the activity lights started blinking furiously on the network switch the PS4 was connected to. And I noticed the PS4 started downloading that 6GB DCUO update. Other updates downloaded and installed just fine while in standby so the feature seems hit or miss.
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
This is how I discovered that turning off USB Power silences the fan. I keep a USB memory stick plugged in for local save backups and the activity light stayed on in standby. I have the DS4 charging dock so don't need USB Power anyway.I'm going to have to do this. I just got my kid Skylanders and the portal that comes with it lights up when plugged in. I don't really wanna have to plug it in every time he wants to play it, which is obviously going to be a lot.
I've bought the 16GB model of this so everything's neat and tidy but I'm not so confident it'll fit. If only PS4 had an SD card slot like the launch PS3!
1. I know how capacitive buttons work. I just think they suck.
2. I still can't tell which button is which. At least the PS3 had legible labels on the buttons.
Powered down for now because I basically have no reason to turn it on until more games are released.
This hasn't been a real problem for PCs since, like, 1995. Unless you're talking about hard shutdowns, which can screw up just about anything with a hard drive.
This hasn't been a real problem for PCs since, like, 1995. Unless you're talking about hard shutdowns, which can screw up just about anything with a hard drive.
Exactly. I'm not mentally challenged. If the buttons worked like the original PS3 buttons, I would have no problem with them. They are tiny and they don't actually respond to the slightest touch. It wasn't actually clear that they were capacitive from my experience so obviously they aren't that great. I have no problem with the capacitive buttons on the xbox one because there's an immediate response (tone) to the smallest of touches.