Quote: Originally Posted by Elmezie
I have been using standby for a few months now. The longest Ive had it in standby was about 2 days, but with my opus it just cut all power once my battery power started getting low. But you should be fine as long as you at least crank the car every few days, if you dont why do you even have a car computer.
I just got standby working on my carputer tonight, it's nice booting up in 5 seconds instead of 50 seconds. I am using a separate 5VDC regulator (TI PT6212) to power the +5VSB (purple wire) on the mother board.
Mobo draw: ~160mA
USB devices: ~140mA (serial to USB converter for CIMR IR receiver, XM PCR, powermate)
I noticed that the current draw was the same regardless if I shut down or went into standby.
I'm sporting a new Diehard Gold battery so I'm not too concerned about draining the battery but I'm definetly going to investigate how to reduce the current draw from the USB devices.