On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:00:18 +0200, scott wrote:

>>> I was quite surprised that my PC uses 4 W even when it's "turned
>>> off"...
>> 
>> Does it support Wake on LAN?  If so, then there's got to be some power
>> consumed to keep it awake enough to recognise a signal coming in saying
>> "wake up now".
> 
> Yes, but 4 W!!!!  4 mW should be enough.

Perhaps, depends on what other features the kit has, though.

I know, for example, that the system I have here at my feet has an ATX 
board, which means the "power" switch is solid state rather than a 
physical switch.  That means the board is powered all the time (when the 
power supply switch is on at the back of the system).

Jim

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