On Sunday April 18 2010 22:18:18 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > Dj YB <yehielb@xxxxxxx> writes: > > I am considering the best ways to save power while I am off the pc and > > in general. my question, is thee a difference in terms of powersaving > > between manually shutting down the monitor (pushing the button) and > > the screensaver monitor powering off. moreover, is the graphic card > > keep on working the same when the screensaver poweroff the monitor? > > The power on monitors I've tested is the same when using the > front-pannel soft-off button or when the computer does a soft-off over > the DVI or VGA connector. Note, soft off on many monitors leaves some > circuits powered, so the power draw is still a few watts (mine all seem > to be around 5 watts). Using the hardwired power supply off switch on > the bottom or back of the monitor saves those extra 5 watts. > > The big difference I see between software blanking and explicitly > pushing the button is that my mouse is sometimes between two position > reports and is essentially on hair trigger. Bumping the desk, or in > some cases just walking into the room causes it to vibrate enough to > unblank the monitor. I therefore try to turn off the monitor anytime > I'm leaving for a while. > > -wolfgang thanks, is the blanking also power down the graphic card? regards, YB. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
