Uzumaki Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I was helping my Mom clean her van out and I found my GBA-SP that I had misplaced back in May. It was on and it was paused in the middle of a game, not at title screen like when the switch was just turned on. That was back in May, did my SP somehow kept waiting nonstop and without external power for 3 months? Or did some alien come in at night and turned it on? Because if it really did sleep for 3 months, that'd have to be a personal record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Game Boy Advance SP wgah'nagl fhtagn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Game Boy Advance SP wgah'nagl fhtagn What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Koala Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Game Boy Advance SP wgah'nagl fhtagn This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I am certainly amazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 GBA SP's dont have a sleep mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) GBA SP's dont have a sleep mode. I thought so too, but it turns out that a lot of games do though. Perhaps it became part of their standard at some point in GBA's life. Generally it's L+R+Select to activate it. But 3 months? I think that qualifies as a second degree miracle. Edited August 30, 2011 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Maybe it traveled through time..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiecraig Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Game Boy Advance SP wgah'nagl fhtagn Lovecraft would be proud. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 So that leaves an alien prankster pulling one on me by turning it on and then putting it to sleep the day before I found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 "Where's my gameboy doc!" "Not where Marty!! When! I just sent your gameboy 3 months into the future!!!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 GREAT SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) GREAT SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!! No! Mediocre Scott, God damnit! (virgins, throw your toilet paper now) Edited September 5, 2011 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 GREAT SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!! No! Mediocre Scott, God damnit! (virgins, throw your toilet paper now) He gave her all she had . . . and she lasted!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) Many CPUs have halt functions which are usually used by programs in order to save power when nothing happens. Many devices, like TI graphing calculators, don't even turn off when you push the "off" button, but they turn off the screen and goes to halt. For any of these devices, pressing the on/resume button will invoke a hardware interrupt to the CPU, in which case it will be kicked out of halt mode. The benefits of this is that the CPU just waits, and therefore uses just enough power to keep the internal registers and logic active. There is no activity on the bus or in the execution unit of the CPU which is about equalent of reducing the clock speed to zero. Edited September 5, 2011 by per Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 That sounds cool, but I don't think the SP even "knows" if it's closed. The DS does it with magnetic switches that sense when the system is closed. At least, I seem to recall using my SP as a music player way back when because you could close it and shove it in a pocket while running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Do you remember what game was in the system? That will probably determine it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Do you remember what game was in the system? That will probably determine it. Final Fantasy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Do you remember what game was in the system? That will probably determine it. Final Fantasy 6 Yeah that could easily be a game that had automatic sleep mode added to it as it was near the end of the GBA's life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 What does your mom's van look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 What does your mom's van look like? On the outside? A grey 2003 Venture. On the inside? a fully loaded garbage truck just before it makes a stop at a landfill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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