Re: Why is the ATX PSU designed to standby current?
From: Lasse Langwadt Christensen (langwadt_at_ieee.org)
Date: 02/11/05
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Date: 10 Feb 2005 16:54:15 -0800
Alan Liefting <ALiefting@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message news:<420ABCDC.4070309@ihug.co.nz>...
> I am mystified as to why the ATX PSU was designed so that it draws
> standby current even while the PC is off. I am a bit of an
> environmentalist and I find it rather lax of govt agencies to allow this
> blatent waste of what collectively is a whole stack of CO2 emssions.
>
> The only advantage of the current (!!) ATX power supply design is the
> wake on LAN feature.
>
>
> Alan Liefting
If you live in a place that needs heating most of the year, does
it really matter? ;)
-Lasse
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