Hi,

I think Wolfgang referred to the current consumed by the powersupply, not 
the hardware. AFAIK a 230W powersupply will consume 150W (according to 
Wolfgang, I have no data right now) and while giving just 20-30W to the 
hardware (mobo, HD, etc.) the rest is transferred to heat. So in powersaving 
mode there is just more energy transferred to heat than in full action. From 
what I was told by manufacturers of powersupplies you needed to measure 
the output of a PS to the system in order to regulate the overall consumption 
of the PS. So Wolfgangs statement that the powersaving mode will not result in 
a lower electricity bill seems to be right.

mike

On 31 May 2000, at 20:29, Jukka Marin wrote:

> I get your point, but I think your estimate of 150 watts is quite high.
> The current hard drives consume only a few watts (except for the 10000
> rpm ones), something like 10 W at maximum.  The motherboard can't use
> more than a few watts (or the chips would burn :-), a floppy drive uses
> less than a watt when idle etc.  The fastest CPU's out there may use
> 10-20-30 watts (as they need 20-30 amp power supplies at the low
> voltages).