Entity brad.macmonagle at philips.com spoke thus: > 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. Strange, I guess the point of disk idling is to reduce noise rather than to conserve power. Maybe that's why X doesn't have "Spin Down Disk" like 9. Hope that makes sense . . . -- Rachel http://www.Spectrumology.com AIM Gnarlodious