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Old 11-28-2006, 05:36 AM
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Want to save $20 a month ?
Been turning my PC off the last few weeks before I go to sleep.
Got my latest monthly power bill and its about $20 less than usual. Wasn't expecting that much of saving to be honest. Think its a keeper
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Old 11-28-2006, 05:40 AM
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i think its all most the same if you set your power settings so it goes to standby after idling for and hour...
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Old 11-28-2006, 05:44 AM
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i think its all most the same if you set your power settings so it goes to standby after idling for and hour...
Its funny u should say that Des. Because I had that going before. I guess with the CPU and HD still running it still sucks up the power, unless u are refering to making the CPU/HD go to standby, but not sure if u can do that ? I had just the monitor.
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NHL : +161 (units)
NFL : +3
MLB : +53
NBA : -20
WNBA : +23
Aussie NBL Hoops : +96
Cricket : +69
Golf : -5
Rugby union and rugby league : +126
Soccer : -5
Netball : +8
AFL (Aussie Rules) : +71

Total : +580 units

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Old 11-28-2006, 05:56 AM
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the way i have it set up in 'power options'

turn off monitor 30minutes
turn off HD 2 hours
system standby after 1 hour
system hibernates after 2 hours....

but i would think you would save more if you just shut it down...but you should set these power options incase you just step outside or something for a long time!
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Old 11-28-2006, 05:57 AM
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the way i have it set up in 'power options'

turn off monitor 30minutes
turn off HD 2 hours
system standby after 1 hour
system hibernates after 2 hours....

but i would think you would save more if you just shut it down...but you should set these power options incase you just step outside or something for a long time!

Great stuff thanks for that. Think I only had the monitor. Will do it right now.
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Cricket : +69
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Rugby union and rugby league : +126
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Old 11-28-2006, 05:58 AM
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Yep I did have only the monitor lol
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NFL : +3
MLB : +53
NBA : -20
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Aussie NBL Hoops : +96
Cricket : +69
Golf : -5
Rugby union and rugby league : +126
Soccer : -5
Netball : +8
AFL (Aussie Rules) : +71

Total : +580 units

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Old 11-28-2006, 06:32 AM
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well what ever the savings is i want half in monthly installments!
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Old 11-28-2006, 06:38 AM
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well what ever the savings is i want half in monthly installments!
Haha

I will try and post more NHL winners instead.

Looks like a tough card to win at today though.
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NHL : +161 (units)
NFL : +3
MLB : +53
NBA : -20
WNBA : +23
Aussie NBL Hoops : +96
Cricket : +69
Golf : -5
Rugby union and rugby league : +126
Soccer : -5
Netball : +8
AFL (Aussie Rules) : +71

Total : +580 units

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Old 11-28-2006, 09:04 AM
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The number one part in a computer to go bad is the power supply. Turning your computer on and off everyday will certainly reduce it's life so I never turn mine off. If you set your PC to go into sleep mode it will not use power during this time.
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Old 11-28-2006, 11:43 AM
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The number one part in a computer to go bad is the power supply. Turning your computer on and off everyday will certainly reduce it's life so I never turn mine off. If you set your PC to go into sleep mode it will not use power during this time.
Is it safe keeping your laptop on, all the time? Just curioius.
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Old 11-28-2006, 11:51 AM
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Everytime I set my computer to standby or hibernate, when it restarts, it's slow as shit. But I'm going to give it a shot again.
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Old 11-28-2006, 11:54 AM
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Is it safe keeping your laptop on, all the time? Just curioius.
sure.....its a electronic device as long as you power it. it will stay on.

but....why not just close it and it automatically(most) goes into sleep mode....when you open the screen it wakes up....
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Old 11-28-2006, 11:56 AM
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Everytime I set my computer to standby or hibernate, when it restarts, it's slow as shit. But I'm going to give it a shot again.
is it slow for just a little bit?

that might be expected because the computer saves all the info from RAM onto the harddisk when it goes to sleep....and it think it has to load all that back into RAM when it wakes up....so this should be expected...but once its running for a minute it should be good...
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Old 11-28-2006, 12:17 PM
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is it slow for just a little bit?

that might be expected because the computer saves all the info from RAM onto the harddisk when it goes to sleep....and it think it has to load all that back into RAM when it wakes up....so this should be expected...but once its running for a minute it should be good...
It stays slow enough to annoy the shit out of me LOL! I think the problem lies in laptops where the CPU will run at a slow speed when not in use. The Dell Inspiron 8200 had a problem with this where, once it went down to the slower speed it never went back to normal speed, unless it was restarted.
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Old 11-28-2006, 12:28 PM
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It stays slow enough to annoy the shit out of me LOL! I think the problem lies in laptops where the CPU will run at a slow speed when not in use. The Dell Inspiron 8200 had a problem with this where, once it went down to the slower speed it never went back to normal speed, unless it was restarted.
hmmmm....that doesn't really add up for me...but have your tried removing spyware? check out techguy.org and security tools....

i hope this is cool with the mods...its a tech help site..
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