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Myth #5: My screen saver is saving me energy.
•While screen savers served the useful purpose of preventing pattern etching on older monochrome monitors, the value is diminished on modern monitors. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR program states, "Certain graphics-intensive screen savers can cause the computer to burn twice as much energy." Here are the facts. A screen saver displaying moving images consumes just as much electricity as an active PC. A blank screen saver is slightly better, but most screen savers don't save energy unless they actually turn off the screen, or in the case of laptops, turn off the backlight. The key takeaway: Your screen saver is offering no energy-saving benefits and may actually be doing more harm than good. So if your screen saver is running, it means your PC is inactive and should therefore be placed in a lower power state.