 Leaving Your Computer On?, - is this good for it? |
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 Mar 25 2005, 06:01 AM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 14-March 05 From: Washington, USA Member No.: 4,520  |
is leaving your computer on 24/7 good for it?
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Mar 25 2005, 06:04 AM
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Sinthetik kreatoR Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 31-August 04 From: CA, USA Member No.: 968 |
I wouldn't imagine it is.
1) totally kill your electric bill if you use a lot of programs 2) up the risk of worms or other types of virus' to get on it 3) rebooting helps and allows programs you installed to start and sometimes act faster. |
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Mar 25 2005, 06:06 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 4,882 |
I personally always leave my computer on 24/7 and I have a good job *cough* so I dont worry about electric. ( I have no TV BTW im an out door person )
I know it kills electric bills and that it heats up the computer alot. So, if you are willing to do it, before you sleep reset pc and when you wake up, turn it off for 20 min while showering to give your pc a rest. ( leave window open, or a fan on near the CPU ) You can reduce the risk of worms and viruses by leaving on anti spyware, firewall and a virus scanner and let the programs do a scan between 2am and 4am while you are asleep.. well, depends on WHEN you sleep, lol! |
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Mar 25 2005, 06:09 AM
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Sinthetik kreatoR Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 31-August 04 From: CA, USA Member No.: 968 |
lol very true man. I don't really think the $$$ is an issue but over all it is like.. turn it off sometimes. Any machinery will last longer the less the usage when it doesn't need to be on.
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Mar 25 2005, 07:46 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 20-March 05 From: Home Member No.: 4,738 |
My friend's PC blew up, because of lack of circulation, the computer room door was kept shut all day and he left it on for 5 days straight without giving it a rest. It started a fire, burnt down most of his house, I'm just glad he's safe now.
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Mar 25 2005, 08:01 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 12-March 05 Member No.: 4,397 |
I have left my computer on for 24/7 for YEARS now. I turn it off once in awhile for things such as vacations, etc., but that is very rare. And I have NEVER had any problems with leaving it on. Just make sure that you don't do something stupid like leave the door of the room shut or break the fans
 .One thing that is bad about it is the energy bills. Computers take quite a bit of power to operate, so it costs quite a bit to run it, but I don't have to pay for it so I don't care .Another thing that could cause problems is that leaving it on reduces the fan life. Fans do have a limited time span for ~50,000 hours (http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/volcano/rs/a1725.htm). This is a lot of hours, but I guess it could cause some problems down the road. |
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Mar 25 2005, 01:32 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: 9-March 05 Member No.: 4,325 |
my laptop is on 24/7
i never turn it off unless am away for a few day thats all
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Mar 25 2005, 02:44 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Queensland, Australia Member No.: 2,902 |
Actually, starting up and shutting down your system a lot is much the same as starting and stopping your car engine a lot... the starter burns out faster.
Once warmed up, it's better for the electronics to stay that way. Anyway, your computer won't die if you leave it on all the time. And if you're worried about it starting fires, you'll find that most systems have a bios setting that allows you to have it shut down if it hits a certain temperature in the case/processor. Worried about power? Use the power settings. Set it so the moniter turns itself off after half an hour, and the sleep function can put your PC into a low power mode without having the machine shut down. |
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Mar 25 2005, 03:04 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 14-February 05 From: Oslo, Norway Member No.: 3,759 |
I'm normally turning it off for the night... The slogan of my computer was "Hear the silence", and the computer should be very silent... But... The noise is like a noisy CD-rom... So I turn it off for the night, else I can't sleep
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