Re: Does frequent rebooting harm a computer?
- From: Johnny B Good <jcs.computersbutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:06:29 +0100
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from kony <spam@xxxxxxxx> contains these words:
> On 04 Oct 2005 21:39:15 GMT, if <if@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >kony <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >news:mq13k19lr37of0022s7oul9bsfsvs7u2fs@xxxxxxx:
> >
> >> There are simple things one can do IF they decide they're
> >> going to leave their monitor fully on, like using a blanked
> >> black screensaver, that quite significantly reduce power
> >> consumption
> >
> >A screen saver makes little difference. According to my Iiyama handbook,
> >power consumption = 110-130W (17" CRT), with a blank screen being the 110W
> >end. Assuming an average of 120W during use, you would only save about 10%
> >with a blank screen saver.
> Then your handbook is either wrong or non-applicable to most
> monitors, or you are simply misinterpreting the handbook
> (most likely). You are randomly assuming blank means the
> low end of the 110W scale, right? If that is actually what
> it says in the handbook then there can be no doubt the
> handbook is just wrong. There is direct correlation to the
> screen output and power consumption, which will be well
> below 50% with a blank screen on any CRT of typical (15" or
> larger) size.
You don't possess a wattmeter, do you?
> >In contrast, putting the monitor into standby
> >reduces power consumption to under 10W, a 90% saving, and suspend mode to
> >6W, a 95% saving. Even so, the handbook recommends turning the monitor off
> >completely at night. I expect most CRT monitors have similar figures.
> Why would you expect it? You have no basis for that.
> >
> >
> >. It must be put in perspective though... Do you
> >> pack additional insulation around your refridgerator to save
> >> $ on it's energy usage?
> >
> >I've made sure I got an energy efficient fridge.
> So in other words, no you didn't. Just as your fridge is
> "energy efficient', so are most (all now?) monitors. You
> are indiscriminately and arbitrarily picking one way to
> suggest power savings but ignoring others. That's fine if
> you choose it, but it is not quite the same thing as an
> ideal about power conservation.
> >
> > Do you always turn off all lights
> >> in your house
> >
> >Yes in rooms not in use, doesn't everyone? Also, compact fluorescents save
> >about 80% of power used by lighting, each £3 CF bulb will save at
> >least £50
> >of electricity during its lifetime, making it an excellent investment.
> Actually it's often more cost effective to use a lower level
> of lighting and NOT turn them off in habitated areas when
> using fluorescents, and to not use compact fluorescents.
> >
> >then turn down the brightness on your TV to
> >> save on it's power?
> >
> >As noted above, screen brightness has little impact on power
> >consumption of
> >a TV or monitor.
> yes you stated it, and you were wrong.
> > It's not the electron beam that consumes most of the
> >power.
> Oh? What would you claim is?
> >TVs use less power than monitors anyhow (my 21" only uses 50W) since
> >power consumption is roughly proportional to signal frequency, and the low
> >resolution and slow refresh rate of a TV compared to a monitor means it
> >only uses a fraction of the power despite the larger screen size.
> Nonsense. A 21" CRT does not use only 50W. LCD, maybe, but
> then we're talking apples and oranges.
> >
> >In the cooler months of the year, do
> >> you recognize that the power used by a computer is heating
> >> the room so there could be a lower HVAC utilization if you
> >> plan for that?
> >
> >Gas is only about 1/4 of the price of electricity though, so electronic
> >equipment isn't the best way of heating your house, and often doesn't
> >deliver the heat when or where it's most needed.
> Actually you're quite wrong, electrical heat from computers
> or lights are almost always delivering the heat exactly
> where it's needed, right where the person is.
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Regards, John.
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