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SubjectRe: Fried the onboard Broadcom 4401 network...
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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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