The non-volatile memory revolution: Bigger than SSDs

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  1. Rasheed187

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    BTW, a couple of days ago there was a power outage, but my PC with SSD which was in stand-by mode, was not affected. So it seems that the SSD is able to retain power, even after power outage, is this normal?
     
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    Some SSDs have capacitors that smooth over short power interruptions. How long was the outage?
     
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    I don't know how long it was, I was asleep when it happened. But thanks for the info, because this explains another weird behavior. Sometimes I have to turn off my PC (with on/off button) because it keeps hanging during shutdown, but when I restart it doesn't boot up from scratch, it wakes up from standby. So apparently it retains power, even when the PC is not in standby mode?
     
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    When you shut down computer with on/off button do you just press it or do you hold it for 5-6 seconds to turn it off?
     
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    When it hangs, I have to do a "hard shut down" so this means that I have to push the power button for 5 seconds. On other machines this would mean that all power is cut off. But not with my current desktop, after I turn it on, you will see the boot screen for a second, and then it comes back from standby mode. It's the weirdest thing I have ever seen, but I think it has got something to do with the SSD that retains power, while all other components do correctly shut down when not in standby.
     
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    Well, maybe it does standby by default. Check the BIOS settings.
     
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    No, your ssd does not retain power (the capasitors can retain power for a few seconds).
    The behavior/symptoms that you describe are normal and are caused by the hybrid sleep(=sleep + hybernation) of windows.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_mode#Hybrid_sleep

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    So.. Getting back on track. This new memory tech replaces DRAM and current mass storage?
     
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    Yes but the thing is, when you do a hard shutdown, the PC should be completely shutdown from power. The power-button will also stop to blink, which it only does in standby. So it's still a weird "problem", but apparently it does not have anything do with my SSD.

    From what I've understood, it will make computers a lot faster because it will eliminate the bottleneck of having to write data between SSD/HDD and RAM.
     
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    No, the pc never shutdowns completely from power unless you unplug the power cord or cut off the power from the psu switch (G3 state).
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface

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    Yes correct, but I think you're misunderstanding me. What I'm saying is that my desktop seems to act abnormal. Like I said, when you turn off the PC normally, then Windows will boot up from scratch. This should also happen if you perform a hard shutdown, but it doesn't. Instead of rebooting, it comes back from standby mode. But I believe it when you say it hasn't got anything to do with the way SSD's work. BTW, it seems that after a hard shutdown my system goes into G4/Hibernation mode, that would explain it.
     
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    Is it windows 7 or windows 8/10?
    Shutdown in windows 7 = normal shutdown.
    Shutdown in windows 8/10 if fast startup (default= enabled) is not disabled = hibernation. When you perform a normal shutdown windows 8/10 always hibernates the system unless you press and hold the shift key and the shutdown button. What is strange in your case, is that a normal shutdown does not hibernate your system. On forced shutdown the OS expects that it was shutdown normally= hibernated and tries first to load the hibernation state; if it succeeds it loads the previous hibernation state, since it does not clear the hibernation cache after a successful load, but if it fails it usually performs an auto-reboot.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation_(computing)
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    Thanks for the info. It's Win 8.1, and I think you have explained it clearly. On my system, a "forced shutdown" means it goes into Hibernation.
     
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