Power Guard has built in Power Minder technology which prevents you from accidentally leaving on your monitor and other peripherals while the computer is not in use. The USB cable determines that the PC is powered off and sends the signal to the Mini Power Minder which automatically shuts down the peripherals.

If you need extra sockets for additional peripherals, you can use a regular power strip as an extension by plugging the Power Cable of your Power strip into the socket marked ?Secondary?. When you turn the computer off, Power Minder will send an ?OFF? signal to the other power sockets, turning off any attached peripherals.