Power save vs instant on

Muhlum24 · Mar 17, 2014

Anyone know how much more power is being used by the Xbone while it is in its "instant on" state vs the power saver setting? I assume it's similar to putting your cpu to sleep, but I'm just wondering if it's worth using instant on seeing as the only difference
is about ten seconds of start-up time and not being able to start it using the kinect.

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luke TechKno · Mar 17, 2014

Xbox keeps coming out of instant on mode

My console also goes into "energy saver" vs. staying in the "instant-on" mode automatically. Bugs Suck.

PrivateC0wboy · Mar 17, 2014

TV worked after setup, but not working now... (error 0x8027025a)

Change your power settings from 'instant on' to energy save.

GrowlingYapper · Mar 17, 2014

You can resume your game as well

Galactic Geek · Mar 17, 2014

I'm sure you could look at the specifications on the box that your console came in or the instructions/guides your console came with - there's usually regulated mandates that require that kind of information, so I'm sure you could find it there. Failing
that, you could always try both methods, then go outside and check your power meter to compare the difference.

A Blue Illusion · Oct 31, 2018

There's also a difference in how your console handles system updates.

Link

Galactic Geek

I'm sure you could look at the specifications on the box that your console came in or the instructions/guides your console came with - there's usually regulated mandates that require that kind of information, so I'm sure you could find it there. Failing
that, you could always try both methods, then go outside and check your power meter to compare the difference.

GrowlingYapper

You can resume your game as well

A Blue Illusion

There's also a difference in how your console handles system updates.

Link

Richiestang78

Try putting it in power saving mode instead of instant on, seems like the instant on feature causes alot of issues.

Goooner1

So let me get this straight, you did all that, but didn't turn back on Instant On? You're on Power Save if I read that right?

In which case you could've saved yourself a whole lot of time and effort and just switched on Power Save in the first place, without doing the rest.

Instant On is the problem, if you use Power Save there's no issue.

Power save vs instant on