Jistari

Now thats info I can use :-))) Thx guy.

<Still reading....and reading . . .>
BTW, is this true ?
"Even if your computer is totally OFF, a PC will still consume a few hundred milliwatts, needed to monitor PC ON/OFF status. When the computer (car pc) is in the suspend/sleep mode, it will consume even more power, because the RAM needs to be powered at all times. The power consumption in the suspend mode is few watts.
No matter how big your car battery is, it will eventually drain your vehicle / car battery in a matter of days."

Yup, I know about the intelligent controllers that monitor the battery and shut down from sleep, but what about the first line ? I.E. ok, the controller shuts down from sleep, but if the above is true, it is still drawing power and will eventually kill the battery?

I gotta be clear on this, I do keep the car on a battery tender when not in use "most" of the time, but 1) it's a Corvette (notoriously battery eating vehicle) and 2) the Red Top AGM vehicle battery that it uses is "notoriously expensive".

So the simple question is,
A) Will any car pc in the system kill the battery in a vehicle (thats not on a tender) if left long enough?
8) If A is true, would it not be easey to put a cutoff switch in the power lead to the computer and just deal with a cold boot if leaving the vehicle for a longer period?

Still reading up on processors, have a clue when it comes to P2 P4 Celeron P4M C2 C2d in regards to the relative processing power between each of those, but all the new chips (well new to me, I guess you could say all the non desktop/ laptor chips) are harder for me to quantify.

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PDP1170/TRS80/Atari800XL/Amiga500/286/486/P2/P4/C2D still a newb (but an old newb, been doing this a while) working my way up to "Complete Newb"