Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Andrew Walrond <> | Subject | Re: Fried the onboard Broadcom 4401 network... | Date | Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:34:39 +0000 |
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On Monday 26 Jan 2004 12:30 pm, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > I was startled when I bought a power meter to find that my computers > and even some monitors consume power when switched off. I don't mean > "soft" off - even with the mechanical switch in the off position they > still consume significant power. > > My AMD box consumes about 15W of power when the mechanical switch on > its power supply is off. About 35W when the mechanical switch is on > but the computer is in the "soft off" state (i.e. what you get when > you ask it to turn itself off). >
I've got some dual xeon machines where the psu's get too hot to touch when switched _off_! Thankfully they run cool when switched on (and the fan is running) I've always assumed some sort of fault, but maybe not...
Andrew Walrond
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