If you doubt this, get a Kill-a-Watt Meter and measure the power draw of the system while in standby. Keeping a laptop like Alienware on standby for 24x7 will not be efficient. If my reply solved the issue, please click the, ' Accept as Solution ' button! I want the new setup to be clean and efficient. The multimeter can detect draws as low as 0. But I had a laptop with maximum and minimum battery charge levels configured and the battery was within that range, so the system wasn't drawing power to maintain the battery's charge level. Measuring from a wall outlet would tell you that. I just wanted to check if there's a way to add an external power button, preferably using one of the existing ports and without hacking into the laptop? I laptop is a dust magnet and I am planning to place my laptop inside a safe drawer properly ventilated of course however in that case I wont be able to access the power button.ДЄlso due to some past bad experience with Dell docking stations i don't want to do down this path see my other comments on this forum for details.

External power button for laptop