[mythtv-users] Low Power MythTV Server on Via EPIA M6000 - 37 watts

[David Watkins]

> Yes, it's possible to put MythTV machines into standby when not
> recording, but support is hit or miss depending on whether or not your
> motherboard is supported by the nvram-wakup application.

I've used nvram-wakeup on three motherboards, none of which were
officially supported but all of which worked using the manual
cofinguration described in the documentation.  So it's worth having a
go, even if you don't see a configuration file provided for your
motherboard.

Or look at using ACPI, which is a bit more elegant if your motherboard
supports it.  Things to watch out for are that your motherboard may
need 'wake on timer' to be disabled, to allow ACPI wakeup to work, and
linux generally resets the system clock on shutdown, which undoes the
wakeup setting.  My fix on Fedora was to edit /etc/init.d/halt to
restore the ACPI settings after the hardware clock reset.

(If you use mythwelcome, then I don't think this supports ACPI wakeup)

My main system, in an antec fusion case, uses about 3W when shutdown.