exoid.com — Despite increasing awareness in the general public about energy conservation, the ability to utilize low power states on desktop PCs is incredibly underdocumented and widely unused. This article explains how to utilize S3 standby yet still retain access to your networked drives, remote desktop, VNC and any other functions.
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jerbakerApr 23, 2007
If you are pulling 65 watts on average, you aren't running your PC 24 hours a day, which this article is meant to address. Even with the CPU idle, my hard drives spun down, and the screen off, my PC draws about 160 watts while running. It's about 250 watts with everything on.
cl1mh4224rdApr 23, 2007
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sanchoApr 24, 2007
There are two wake-up event types:<a class="user" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms798075.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms798075.aspx</a>I'm not sure what the difference is.
happyscrappyApr 24, 2007
Well, I've put a Kill-A-Watt on my machine (frequently).It takes about 130W at a heavy load (not counting monitor). It takes about 85W at idle. It takes 4W in standby. It takes about 2.5W when off.So yeah, it'll save you a lot of power.
esquilaxApr 24, 2007
this whole "the Sun is getting hotter, so CO2 doesn't matter" argument is bunk. if anything, that should be MORE incentive to reduce CO2 emissions. do you keep all your winter blankets on the bed in July, and say "oh, I'm not hot because of the blankets, it's the summer heat"? No, because *removing the blankets* is the one method you have of manipulating your temperature. Same with CO2 emissions, and we've been manipulating that knob in the wrong direction for decades, now.
mdonatasApr 24, 2007
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