Richard Urban

It uses about 3-6 watts.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"Cat" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> How much power is consumed approximately when I put my PC into standby
> mode by clicking on the "Keeps your session in memory puts the
> computer in a lower-power state..." (sorry I don't know the name of
> this button)? Of course, not including external devices such as the
> printer, the cable modem and the monitor. I have enabled S3 mode at
> the bios menu, and I've got 2GBs of DDR2 memory.
>
> This "Keeps your session in memory..." works fine and it really starts
> faster but I wonder if it is still a good idea to put the PC into that
> state over night. If the power consumption is small, then I would do
> so, if not, I'd rather turn the PC completely off during the night.
>