[mythtv-users] Power Con$umption

[Albert Santoni]

Rob Comstock wrote:

> I just measured the power consumed by my MythTV server and
> was suprised to find it ticking away at 175 watts (24-7 of course).
> Here in California that gets pretty ugly over time. A KWh
> costs me over $0.24 so that works out to around $32 a month.
> The box is a Athlon Thunderbird 1.3G running 3 ATA disk drives (all
> 5400 RPM, two 60g and 1 180g), a matrox g400 dual head for
> TV-out (that card has a fan on it), two ethernet cards, and a
> AverMedia brooktree video capture/tuner card.
>  


Try using athcool - 
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/jacobi/linux/softwares.html
It enables powersaving mode on your Athlon.... It's awesome for cooling 
down your PC too (I saw like a 20 degree C difference)...

Albert