   | Senior Member with 301 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Notacity, Michigan Experience: Intermediate | | Save lots of Power This is true for me, (maybe not you ), that when I turn off and on my computer, it uses up more energy then just keeping it in Stand-By. I have compared this with a 10 hour test, and was surprised. Try it. |  | Moderator with 96,644 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Something is seriously wrong! When I turn off a computer here it uses 5 watts (measured). When I put it into standby, it uses 30 watts.
My LCD monitor in power saving mode draws 2 watts (measured).
I used a Kill-A-Watt P4400 for the measurements.
Hard to imagine you have a standby mode using less. I know that my Vista computer actually powers off for it's "standby" mode, so it's more like hibernation. Obviously, it uses the power-off wattage in that case.
If you'd like the machine to use 0 watts, simply put it on a power strip and turn the strip off after shutdown.
__________________ Remember: Data you don't have at least two copies of is data you don't care about. Microsoft MVP - User Desktop Experience |  | Senior Member with 940 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Experience: Intermediate | | Hi Jason Ess! just want to ask the tools you are using during tests?
Last edited by net_newsy : 17-Feb-2008 10:12 PM.
|  | Senior Member with 185 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Experience: Intermediate | | I would think turning off would save more power than leaving it on  | | | Senior Member with 301 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Notacity, Michigan Experience: Intermediate | | JohnWill, also turning on. And to clarify, it is in the lowest power state mode you computer to go in.
What tools am I using? Um, just my computer  | | | Trusted Advisor - Gone but never forgotten with 9,280 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Whitby, Ontario | | Um, I think he means the tools used to do the measurements! | | | Moderator with 96,644 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Yes, other than hibernate, which turns the system totally off, I used the lowest power settings. | | | Senior Member with 940 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Experience: Intermediate | | WhitPhil: Um, I think he means the tools used to do the measurements!
...exactly!
and if you were using software based(I know nothing 'bout it  ), kindly share it here. | | | Moderator with 96,644 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | There are no software based tools that will give you the power consumption of your machine, because that information is not available anywhere except at the power plug. |  | Distinguished Member with 37,126 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Corn Fields of OHIO Experience: Einstein Jr. Indeed |
20-Feb-2008, 03:46 AM
#10 | I always shut mine off when done |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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