On Sunday 03 December 2000 20:00, Ethan Benson wrote: > > Unfortunately, the monitors in slot-loading iMacs will not do standard > > VESA blanking / DPMS. Even in MacOS, they only turn black (not off) when > > monitor sleep is enabled. > > your kidding! i thought all monitors made in semi recent times were > capable of powersaving. i guess the iMac is not so modern after all :/
I believe this is intentional. Without the monitor as a heat source, the convection that cools the rest of the machine doesn't have enough energy to proceed and the system overheats. So, unless you are in deep sleep, the monitor has to stay on to make the fanless cooling work (I think)
