Computer uses 32W of power turned off WOL disabled

[WhiteBucket]

Hi I'm pulling hairs trying to solve why my desktop computer is using 32Watts of power even when turned off and with Wake up on LAN disabled in BIOS.
hardware:
mainboard MSI Z77-GD65 (does the rest matter?)

Here's what i've found so far:
computer state.....power usage.....WOL setting bios.....WOL works?
OFF........................32W.................ON...........................yes
OFF........................32W.................OFF.........................no
on-idle....................60W.................ON
suspend.................32W.................ON...........................yes
hibernate-doesn't work, turns on imidiately (monitor blinks off then on, systems stays on)
suspend................32W.................bios ON, OS off...........yes

I'm trying to get my system to a normal power off power consumption of I think it should be 1 Watt or so.

Above settings have been tried by turning WOL setting off in bios.
I'm using Linux and have tried turning the WOL setting of with ethtool -s eth0 wol d, which disables it, but I'm not sure if it's only in the current session, in software or hardware.

Any other suggestions?

 

[kanewolf]

How are you measuring the power usage?

 

[WhiteBucket]

Hi Kanewolf, thnx for your question. I'm using a digital Wattmeter, plugged it into my power outlet, plugged the thick computer cable into the wattmeter. I just can't think of a reason why it would use so "much" power with WOL turned off in bios. I checked my mouse, it's not lighted up when the computer is turned off, so I dont think my USB slots are powered. I mean yeah this motherboard does have USB charging when turned off I think, but isnt that something thats turned on in the OS? and anyway theres nothing in those USB ports right now.

 

[kanewolf]

That motherboard has "Super Charger" -- http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z77AGD65.html#hero-overview Which allows it to power USB devices for charging when turned off. My guess is that is what is using power. Check you user's manual for how to disable that.