Hello,
You may want to check out this paper:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/VistaEnergyConserv.msp
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Windows Vista Energy Conservation
The Windows Vista operating system features significant changes to power
management infrastructure, functionality, and default settings. These
changes impact how PCs running Microsoft Windows consume energy. This
paper
outlines the potential energy savings available when deploying Windows
Vista and the significant changes from Windows XP. These savings are
presented in terms of both financial and environmental impact.
Included in this white paper:
. PC Power Consumption
. Calculating Energy Savings
. Financial Impact
. Environmental Impact
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|>It uses about 3-6 watts.
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|>Richard Urban
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|>Quote from George Ankner:
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|>|>> How much power is consumed approximately when I put my PC into standby
|>> mode by clicking on the "Keeps your session in memory puts the
|>> computer in a lower-power state..." (sorry I don't know the name of
|>> this button)? Of course, not including external devices such as the
|>> printer, the cable modem and the monitor. I have enabled S3 mode at
|>> the bios menu, and I've got 2GBs of DDR2 memory.
|>>
|>> This "Keeps your session in memory..." works fine and it really starts
|>> faster but I wonder if it is still a good idea to put the PC into that
|>> state over night. If the power consumption is small, then I would do
|>> so, if not, I'd rather turn the PC completely off during the night.
|>>
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