

I absolutely paid attention to these things, even spending more on more efficient appliances after figuring out the break even time on the price difference.
I consider the power usage of everything in my home. I’m down to 300w idle draw from more than 700w.
I’m pretty annoyed to find out the star scheme is bullshit :(
I have a motherboard in a state where it won’t boot unless you pull and reinsert the cmos battery. After this it will boot exactly once.
It will also boot without issue if you don’t have a cmos battery at all. This is obviously not ideal.
I wonder if these issues are related? I purchased the motherboard second hand in this state about a year ago. So it is far too early for this update, but it remains a mystery.