Journal Post 2

Removed Kill-A-Watt energy monitor from Penny's computer at 10:31 a.m. on January 5th, 2012

• results in spreadsheet (here)

Started Dell Optiplex GX520 energy monitoring (active) at 12:40 p.m. January 5th, 2012

• Ran a 4 hour movie in the DVD drive 
• Downloaded 1 GB file 
• Created a spreadsheet
• Streamed 1 hour worth of internet video

Used FTP client to download VDI Blaster Software

• Burned the .iso image I received onto 2 GB USB flash drive
• I will test it tonight or tomorrow

Removed components from additional Dell Optiplex GX520

• Removed DVD drive
• Removed hard drive

Before

PSU tag

After

Passive heat sink for CPU  

Power supply with fan

I will have the results of the active GX520 monitoring posted tomorrow