When I shutdown my PC does it still use power from the plug? Should I turn it off at the plug once it is shutdown, or can I leave it on?
2006-08-31 23:47:33 · 17 answers · asked by George Harris 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Yes, your computer still uses a tiny bit of power when it is turned off.
The advantage of turning it off at the plug may not be what you think The tiny amount of power used is insigificant. But turning off the power strip will help to isolate your computer from those circuits that are live during a lightning storm. During a severe storm, you would want to unplug modems from the telephone or cable lines too.
2006-08-31 23:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your PC has a small battery on the motherboard so when it is plugged in a small amount of power is fed into it so the battery is not used to retain time and BIOS settings. Also if it is a newer PC with an ATX form factor motherboard then yes a small (very small) amount of power is still going to the computer so it can tell when the power switch is pressed. You do not need to unplug the PC except during electrical storms. Also you should invest in a good battery backup.
2006-08-31 23:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Samael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As per British gas if you leave your plug on than it will continue consume some amount of energy and one more thing that amazed me is that they says if you leave the plug in socket and switched it off still it will use electricity so best thing to do is unplug all the equipment after you finished using it.
Try it for 1 or 2 months and you will notice the difference.
2006-09-01 05:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by kvb_2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter u switched it off... it wont use power so no need to wory. U can turn off the power so any other Perpherials or Components are safely off. Screen, Printer, Scanner, Speaker and even sumtimes the Keyboard lights stay on. On mine so switching off by Power Plug is good for some things!
2006-09-01 00:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Tidus Reeves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can leave it on. The PC has a built in battery so the time and date will continue. The PC will not continue to draw power from the plug when you have shut down. Unless of course you are not actually shutting down but putting on standby
2006-08-31 23:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by Johny0555 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Harris no it does to use power because PC have been turn off and no other component are using any power but to be safe you must turn the PLUG OFF George.
2006-08-31 23:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by Joe_Young 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn IT OFF! Have a test on the articles under, yet truly the basic American pays between $50-80 a 300 and sixty 5 days just to ability a working laptop or computing device over nighttime. desktops at the instant are designed to safeguard 40,000 on/off cycles. it fairly is substantially extra cycles than the basic person will initiate up interior the computing device’s 5-7 3 hundred and sixty 5 days existence span. Turning your computing device off facilitates cut back warmth stress and placed on on the gadget. The surge of ability utilized by ability of a CPU as properly up is a lot below the capability utilized by ability of the unit while left on for over 3 minutes. finally the cooling followers helping to take a seat back your gadget, and postpone its existence get grimy with use, the extra you utilize the followers, the dirtier they get, and the less powerful they grow to be, this in itself reduces the existence of a working laptop or computing device extra effective than something. So having your comp on in one day once you at the instant are not utilising it is going to fee you funds, cut back its serviceable existence, and not supply any reward. the only clarification for leaving it on could be while you're downloading enormous stuff.
2016-11-06 05:12:26 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After you tern it off, unplug it for safety in case some lightning occurs. If your monitor is connected with live wares, then it will draw some powers(if light is on and shows some reddish color).
If you are going for a vacation or not going to use it for a long time, even unplug it from UPS too,(and don't forget to discharge all charges from UPS).
2006-09-01 00:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by c s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be some circuits in your pc posses some electric power ,so there will be power for few minutes after switched off too so better switch off immediately after shut down.
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2006-08-31 23:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by karthik s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that the PC itself does not use much power. The printer uses a lot of power and maybe the disk drives. Definitely shutting down your PC is good enough.
2006-08-31 23:52:23 · answer #10 · answered by Coltrane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋