Saving Power on idle PCs

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Saving Power on idle PCs

Idle represents 69 to 97% of total annual energy use, even if power management is enabled. 
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General Introduction

Saving Power at the CPU

  CPU Introduction

  AMD processors

    Athlon XP and MP, Duron

    Sempron, Athlon XP Mobile

    Athlon64

    Opteron

  Intel processors

    Pentium II

    Pentium III

    Pentium4

    Pentium4 Mobile

    Core/Core Duo

    Itanium

  Macintosh

    G3 and G4 desktop

    G5 desktop, G3,G4, and G5 laptops

    iMac Intel Core processor

Saving Power at the Display

  Display Introduction

  Windows Display Control

  Macintosh Display Control

  Linux Display Control

Technical info and raw data

  BIOS

  Windows XP power definitions

  Windows XP power settings

  Power consumption measured on various processors

  Power consumption measured on various displays

  Power consumption measured on various screen savers

  Power consumption measured on various printers

  Calculating power costs

  Replace CRTs with LCDs to save money?

  Blanking screen vs. turning off displays

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