Richard Urban
April 7th 04, 02:31 AM
The monitor is only off when you physically press the on/off switch to turn
it off. Otherwise it is in power saving mode, and uses a small amount of
current to keep the filament of the CRT warmed up. This allows you to see
video a lot faster than if you were to turn the monitor fully off.
Hint: T.V. sets have had this feature for 20-30 years now. It's nothing new!
It used to be called "Instant On", when it was a new feature. Now they all
have it so it is not even mentioned any longer.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Ant" > wrote in message
...
> Hello.
>
> Is it normal for my Samsung 17" SyncMaster 763MB CRT monitor to still
> create some heat when it is off from Windows XP's power management? I
> thought when monitor is off, it is like turning off manually (power
> button) except the blinking power light (sleep). I notice my room is still
> very warm in this power saving mode as if it was on. And no, I do not use
> any fancy OpenGL screen savers for my ATI Radeon 9800 AIW (128 MB) and
> Athlon 2200+ CPU to stress on that can cook my room easily.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> "Maybe it's like an ant hive..." "Bees man, bees have hives." "You know
> what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the
> queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things
> ain't ants estupido." "I know that." --ALIENS movie
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
> | |o o| | E-mail: or
> \ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
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it off. Otherwise it is in power saving mode, and uses a small amount of
current to keep the filament of the CRT warmed up. This allows you to see
video a lot faster than if you were to turn the monitor fully off.
Hint: T.V. sets have had this feature for 20-30 years now. It's nothing new!
It used to be called "Instant On", when it was a new feature. Now they all
have it so it is not even mentioned any longer.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Ant" > wrote in message
...
> Hello.
>
> Is it normal for my Samsung 17" SyncMaster 763MB CRT monitor to still
> create some heat when it is off from Windows XP's power management? I
> thought when monitor is off, it is like turning off manually (power
> button) except the blinking power light (sleep). I notice my room is still
> very warm in this power saving mode as if it was on. And no, I do not use
> any fancy OpenGL screen savers for my ATI Radeon 9800 AIW (128 MB) and
> Athlon 2200+ CPU to stress on that can cook my room easily.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> "Maybe it's like an ant hive..." "Bees man, bees have hives." "You know
> what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the
> queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things
> ain't ants estupido." "I know that." --ALIENS movie
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
> | |o o| | E-mail: or
> \ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup.
> ( )