Interesting, more power is consumed with the disk off than when spinning under LCD Bright conditions? Disk spinning: LCD bright: 52-55 Disk idle: LCD bright: 55-60 I agree, brilliant bit of engineering. -- Brad MacMonagle Philips Semiconductors - Cary TC 1001 Winstead Dr., Ste 300 Cary, NC 27513 Email: Brad.MacMonagle at philips.com Phone: 919.677.7902 -----Original Message----- From: Gnarlodious [mailto:gnarlodious at cybermesa.com] Sent: 2003 Feb 06 10:27 AM To: Cube List Subject: [CUBE] Power Consumption Cube 450 standard hardware, OS10.2.3, 15" LCD Numbers are inclusive, in watts Power Supply ONLY: 5 Off; power supply idling: 11-12 Bootup: 42-65 Disk R/W 69-73 LCD dim: 37-41 LCD off: 32-37 Sleep: 10