Save Electricity ! ! !

[ax3]

whot`s the best way 2 save electricity from ur PC ?????


when its "ON" & if u dont intent 2 use it 4 sometime ........

[ajayashish]

switch off ur monitor and speakers...

[Cool G5]

Put it on standby....

[Ron]

hey put the computer in Hibernate or...............
Go to Control panel>Power Options>Power Schemes.
And then Choose "MInimal Power Management" in Power Schemes.
Apply it........

[webgenius]

Ask BSNL to give 8mbps speed. That way we can finish our downloads soon & also save electricity.

[ajayashish]

^^^ lolzzzzzzzzzz

[satyamy]

as everybody knows monitors consume very much amount of electricity
so basic is to switch off the monitor
& if u dont need to use PC for some time than it better
to make it standby or use hibernate comand for shutdown

[Third Eye]

Standby mode is the best way of saving electricity.

[ax3]

i will b using Standby mode ....... bt was confused with Standby & hibernate mode ........ coz of MIDDAY article regarding saving electricity ........

[webgenius]

Is there a way to keep Utorrent running in standby mode?

[gary4gar]

then whats the use of standby mode if u want to keep CPU working??

[ax3]

standby mode = less electricity consumption & leaves same state where u have left ur pc ........

[ax3]

any software or gadget 2 measure amount of electricity consumed or used ???


electric meter ...... just as v have net meter ...........

I have a Intel Dg965Wh Motherboard which supports Quick Resume Technology. So When I want to save electricity, i just turn on the quickresume mode by switching the power off switch in the cabinet and the soundand the monitor wil be turned off while cpu is on and doing its owrk with less electricity consumption..........

Unfortunately, i have no broadband connection, only a stupid dial-up...........

[max_demon]

Standby turn's off harddisk??

[Charan]

^^ you can configure it from the power options.

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Hey standy and Hibernate are seperate things. With Hibernate, you can actually switch of the PC from mains...same like shutdown..

I actually never shutdown my PC, i use hibernate since it is very quick

[slugger]

+1 4 hibernation

max powersavin by shutdown and hibernation

but hibernation gives u restart in 30-35 secs

[Charan]

me too use hibernation, both at home and office .. hardly takes 10 seconds to getinto windows

Correction.. Just tested : its 30 seconds

[casanova]

Best thing: Turn off your monitor and speakers and disconnect USB devices like pendrives, datacables, bluetooth dongles. Computer is fully functional

Hibernate: Contents of RAM stored in HDD. Quick shutdown and resume from where u left. Can turn off complete power supply as it is not needed. So, its like turning off computer.

Standby: Earlier version of Hibernate. Needs low power supply to keep the computer on. Comp is not fully functional or functionality next to nothing.

[Anindya]

Originally Posted by webgenius

Ask BSNL to give 8mbps speed. That way we can finish our downloads soon & also save electricity.

U will never run out of content to download

[vish786]

does standby use cmos battery ?? i just read in articles, that it requires some battery power.

see this

In standby mode, the hard disk and display are turned off, and the CPU is throttled down to its lowest-power state. However, memory is kept active, which requires battery power, but at a very slow rate. The system will typically switch to hibernation mode when it senses insufficient battery capacity to continue in standby mode

and their was one more article which mentioned about battery power and it looses the battery power very fast in standby mode, i lost that article,if i find will post that also. can someone confirm abt usage of cmos battery in standby mode.

[cynosure]

^ I think they are talking about Laptops which -in standby mode- requires battery power. CMOS cell cannot handle the load of RAMs. Its a chotta sa cell and will run out of energy within seconds

Desktop PCs use the power from UPS/Main socket (If you understand what I am trying to say )

[vish786]

Originally Posted by cynosure

^ I think they are talking about Laptops which -in standby mode- requires battery power. CMOS cell cannot handle the load of RAMs. Its a chotta sa cell and will run out of energy within seconds

Desktop PCs use the power from UPS/Main socket (If you understand what I am trying to say )

thats wat those guys didnt mention about laptops their, i know those r chotta sa cell on mobo , atleast ppl should write everything carely when they say or review electronic stuff, otherwise it leads to confusion.

[ax3]

any software or gadget or widget 2 measure amount of electricity consumed or used ???


electric meter ...... just as v have net meter ...........

[gaurav_indian]

Originally Posted by webgenius

Ask BSNL to give 8mbps speed. That way we can finish our downloads soon & also save electricity.

Good one.

[casanova]

@ax3

I don't think a electric meter will be possible coz of different power consumptions by different parts. Further configs change considerably and different models have different power consumption.

[nix]

i think the ISPs and electricity supply board have agreement...govt doesnt want to increase speeds and it can cut revenues coming from power consumption...

[narangz]

Ummm errrr.. A stupid question... A 400 Watt SMPS consumes 400Watt? Or if the hardware requires less power then it consumes less energy? PLease dont mind a stupid question like this........

[Nav11aug]

+1 Hibernate