On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:12:55 -0300, hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, it isn't OFF, Gunnar, it's in "stand-by" and drws current.
> Someone lately calculated this standby consumption for Germany alone
> to the equivalent of one or more of the biggest nuclear power plants.
You mean, when an ATX computer is 'off', is still draws power?
Abit stuped, especialy since in the last ATX computer I saw there
was a 'Sleep' and 'Power' button. Both were 'digital' (not mechanical),
and the computer shut-down when exiting Windows. Funny thing is,
that in most of the ATX computers I saw there was a mechanical
power switch in the back of the case, for emergencies (when the
computer crash and you cant turn it off with the non-mechanical
switch in front). In that model, there was no mechanical power switch
at all. Thankfully though, the Reset button was still mechanical,
so we could reset the machine each time it got stuck. (I counted about
4 crashs during my visit. I've been there for about 20 minutes.).
BTW, personally, pressing the ATX power button feels strange to me.
Its just that I miss the feeling of a 'Click' that you feel when
pressing the old button.. <snif>.
Or Botton
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