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goozaymunanos 20/10/2008 14:38
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hmmz, final power consumption chart states that it's "sorted by stand by", yet on the legend it says that the black bars are stand by?

so the order goes:

5.5
7
2
3.6

pff!

if anything it's sorted by idle, the yellows bars...

at least get your charts right..!


cheers,
bill

p.s. stuff and nonsense: http://www.eupeople.net/forum

conquerz 14/11/2008 13:58
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@googzaymunanos,

I noticed that error too in the chart, but I also noticed the following in the review for the WD drive:

Quote :"In addition, this is the only drive that still requires 0.4 W once the host system is shut down. Even when the drive is shut off using the power switch, it still consumes 0.3 W. This isn’t the case with the competitors."


If the WD is the only drive which consumes 0.4W when the system is shutdown, then what is the 5.5W power doing in the chart for the Seagate drive?

Also, the seagate drive doesn't have a switch, so there shouldn't be a value on the chart for this as it could be misleading.

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