How to sim for hours?

CHCfan · 03-26-2007, 01:49 PM

I have tried a couple times to sim a historical league overnight, but each time I wake up, the computer (a laptop) has turned off and my league is back -- I presume -- at Jan. 1st after the last time it saved.

How do other people do this. Generally, simming isn't that tough for my machine (especially after f.montoya helped me out), but it seems like something is going wrong after some time.

As far as I can tell, my power settings are set to not turn anything -- the RAM, hard drive, monitor, etc -- off.

any advice? thanks in advance.

Solonor · 03-26-2007, 11:27 PM

Still sounds like the laptop is shutting itself down for power saving to me. It might be a setting that you aren't seeing somewhere (maybe in BIOS).

I don't think it's just the screen, because my screen blanks out overnight, and that's not a problem. Sounds like it's shutting down the hard disk.

What kind of laptop is it?

MattH3322 · 03-27-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Solonor

Still sounds like the laptop is shutting itself down for power saving to me. It might be a setting that you aren't seeing somewhere (maybe in BIOS).

I don't think it's just the screen, because my screen blanks out overnight, and that's not a problem. Sounds like it's shutting down the hard disk.

What kind of laptop is it?

that is the problem. He just needs to turn that stuff off and he will be able to sim for weeks with no break.

f.montoya · 03-27-2007, 05:45 AM

Control Panel, Display, Screen Saver and click "Power". Check and be sure it says "Never" when plugged in in both rows. This will keep the screen saver from coming on too.

03-26-2007, 01:49 PM	#1
CHCfan All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Grand Island, NE Posts: 1,117	How to sim for hours? I have tried a couple times to sim a historical league overnight, but each time I wake up, the computer (a laptop) has turned off and my league is back -- I presume -- at Jan. 1st after the last time it saved. How do other people do this. Generally, simming isn't that tough for my machine (especially after f.montoya helped me out), but it seems like something is going wrong after some time. As far as I can tell, my power settings are set to not turn anything -- the RAM, hard drive, monitor, etc -- off. any advice? thanks in advance.

03-26-2007, 11:27 PM	#2
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 4,467	Still sounds like the laptop is shutting itself down for power saving to me. It might be a setting that you aren't seeing somewhere (maybe in BIOS). I don't think it's just the screen, because my screen blanks out overnight, and that's not a problem. Sounds like it's shutting down the hard disk. What kind of laptop is it? __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

03-27-2007, 05:45 AM	#4
f.montoya Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,077	Control Panel, Display, Screen Saver and click "Power". Check and be sure it says "Never" when plugged in in both rows. This will keep the screen saver from coming on too. __________________ Fidel Montoya Asahi2 Baseball League ex-Commissioner(Historical League Since 2004) Ex-Web Host Current Mod Maker??