System Shutdown State S5

System power state S5 is the shutdown or off state. Similar to a system in a sleeping state (S1 through S4), a system in S5 is not performing any computational tasks and appears to be off. Unlike S1-S4, however, a system in S5 does not retain memory state.

When in state S4, the computer can restart from the hibernate file; restarting from state S5 requires rebooting the system.

State S5 has the following characteristics:

Power consumption	Off, except for trickle current to devices such as the power button.
Software resumption	Boot is required upon awakening.
Hardware latency	Long and undefined. Only physical interaction, such as the user pressing the ON switch, returns the system to the working state. The BIOS can also awaken from a resume timer if the system is so configured.
System hardware context	None retained.

For a comparison between system power states and more info on S5, see System Power States.

For info on S1-S4, see System Sleeping States.