Lezend Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Do you guys leave your computer on or off at night? I am running my computer 24/7 and I only reboot when it get slow down. I don't know if that is the best for my computer or not. What do you guys usually do? Power down when unused? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Havent restarted my other desktop for over 45 days so far running Windows 2000 Proffesional. Would not reccomend keeping a laptop on that long :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autodefe Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I turn mine off for a few reasons 1) I live in the state of California and it's become second nature to turn off unused appliances/lights/etc to conserve energy from the crisis we had last year 2) My computer is in my room and it's REALLY LOUD. I have a 7200RPM cpu fan and about a half dozen other fans in my case and it isn't exactly the best thing to be around when you want peace and quiet. Yeah so that's why I turn my computer off at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liar2 Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I leave my computer on all the time. Turning it off and on all the time can eventually corrupt your hard drive. As long as you keep it cool, it is okay. I only reboot when I have to. That's usually after installing programs and such. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtmcgee Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 i "sleep" mine when not in use.... so i guess its technically always on.. my xp box has a 26 day uptime! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3L Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 24/7 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liar2 Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by Opio I turn mine off for a few reasons 1) I live in the state of California and it's become second nature to turn off unused appliances/lights/etc to conserve energy from the crisis we had last year 2) My computer is in my room and it's REALLY LOUD. I have a 7200RPM cpu fan and about a half dozen other fans in my case and it isn't exactly the best thing to be around when you want peace and quiet. Yeah so that's why I turn my computer off at night. just thought that i'd let you know that the energy crisis was a hoax. somebody in the government really needed money for some debt, and realized that he could get some money that way. just a tidbit of info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted March 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2002 always on....sometimes i feel bad for it:D ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 i shut it off, i go into hibernate mode so that i dont have to wait as long and i can just finish what i was doing the day b4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I leave my computer running all the time. I know what you are talking about with the fan noise but it can be just like ocean waves and how it can put you to sleep. Since my computer is in my bedroom that seems to be how it happens. I understand about the power conserns too a little bit, my only problem is I'm one of the lucky ones that don't have to pay for electricity. My main reason for leaving my computer on is I have distributed.net and United Devices running in the background. I feel I should put my unused clock cycles towards something productive. Plus I think keeping everything surging with electricity and at the same temperature is probably the best thing for computer components, probably better than extreme changes. Well that's my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Mine is on all the time, besides when iam at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 I don't turn my off I just put it on stand-by....otherwise the fan noise drives me crazy when I am trying to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2002 I leave it up and running....despite the 8000RPM 54Db fan and the fact I sleep in the same room as it about 5 feet away :D :D :D :D From uptimei.exe: Since 11/17/2001: System Availability: 99.7391% Total Uptime: 121d 18h:49m:50s Total Downtime: 0d 7h:38m:41s Total Reboots: 49 Mean Time Between Reboots: 2.49 days Total Bluescreens: 5 i dunno what's up with the mean time between reboots. I'm considering clearing out my error log to start fresh... BTW, this is a copy of XP I installed on 9/11. If I hadn't cleared out my log in Nov, it would still say that in the readout :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Waste of electricity. Costs money. Not good to have CPU and parts heated and HDD moving 24/7 as well. Shortens life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcalibur Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by liar2 just thought that i'd let you know that the energy crisis was a hoax. somebody in the government really needed money for some debt, and realized that he could get some money that way. just a tidbit of info. bullsh*t... thats not true.. how else do u think BCHydro (bc's hydro company) got the huge profits last year? we sold all our extra power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autodefe Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by liar2 just thought that i'd let you know that the energy crisis was a hoax. somebody in the government really needed money for some debt, and realized that he could get some money that way. just a tidbit of info. Umm no.. I wanna see some proof. I think I would have heard about it if it was a hoax. I watch the news and read the paper daily but I know some fishy stuff went down although I'm pretty sure it wasn't hoaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted March 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2002 lol, the guys name is liar2....:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 on if i d/l stuff overnight..especialy slowass/edonkey. off otherwise. i have huge full tower metal case and that **** resonate like crazy. i even suspended both of my drives on rubber bands so they don't vibrate w/ case and ventilate better good thing i don't have ibm drives. ibm exec said that most of their drives are designed to be run for ~250hours/month that's about 8hours/day..:ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by Xcalibur bullsh*t... thats not true.. how else do u think BCHydro (bc's hydro company) got the huge profits last year? we sold all our extra power. true true, and when chretien n all the premiers were in the US making deals with the US, manitoba (premier gary doer) made a deal with the californian governor that if california ever has another power crisis, manitoba hydro will provide energy to california since manitoba hydro = prov government owned power, and heard that manitoba has one of the cheapest rates for hydro in all of north america since we export more power than we use (minnesota/nd uses more of it than we do), and bc's probably like that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by BroChaos lol, the guys name is liar2....:p lol, in other threads whenever he posts, they say "why should we believe u since your names liar2?" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Never on at night, unless I am not there. The fan noise is annoying but I can deal with noise when I sleep, after all, I do sleep with a dog who barks, farts and has running dreams through the night :D - but I just feel uncomfortable with having something that has so much power flowing through it buzzing away at night for my own personal health. I'm not basing this on fact so don't flame me, but PC's must emmit a small level of unhealthy stuff, where it be the air that comes outta of the fan or radiation. Hey, even if it doesn't, I prefer to keep the PC off because I'd just know I'd get up a mess around with it and check to see how far a download has progressed and such, I do want to maintain a life that doesn't revolve around the box, hehe. It is on all day though, downloading mp3s or an app usually, unless it's a exceptionally warm day where I'll leave it off to give the thing a rest (the fans in my PC aren't that powerful, noisy enough though) Originally posted by liar2I leave my computer on all the time. Turning it off and on all the time can eventually corrupt your hard drive. As long as you keep it cool, it is okay. I only reboot when I have to. That's usually after installing programs and such. Are you sure? Naturally, if you turn it off and on rapidly like a lightswitch then you will reduce the life of the PC, but turning it off and on in a normal way, say, on a daily basis, why would that neccesarily eventully corrupt your hard drive? HD's don't have huge life spans anyway, if it's going to "eventully corrupt" it's most likely going to do it faster if you keep in on 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyCanuck Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by Xcalibur bullsh*t... thats not true.. how else do u think BCHydro (bc's hydro company) got the huge profits last year? we sold all our extra power. And why do you think Hydro got slammed for price gouging and paid huge penalties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted March 20, 2002 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by MxxCon good thing i don't have ibm drives. ibm exec said that most of their drives are designed to be run for ~250hours/month that's about 8hours/day..:ponder: About 8 months of near 24/7 uptime with two IBM drives in there (one died a long time ago, but it was due to a faulty power connector). I've got pretty good airflow going over one (the opening is right infront of it and it's COOL to the touch, the other is right below and does enjoy some cooler temps. I suppose I'm the lucky one... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by liar2 I leave my computer on all the time. Turning it off and on all the time can eventually corrupt your hard drive. As long as you keep it cool, it is okay. I only reboot when I have to. That's usually after installing programs and such. :p How can it corrupt your HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lezend Posted March 20, 2002 Author Share Posted March 20, 2002 I don't know. This might be a personal experience but my computer seem to run slower if I leave it on too long. I don't know why. But, for example, the computer they leave in shop like compusa frys gateway curcuit city (demo stuff) They leave it on all days and some crappy one can run smoother then silk then my computer. I don't get it. ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 3/19/2002, 23:27:21 Machine name: DIMINTRI Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) (2600.xpclnt_qfe.010827-1803) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Gateway System Model: N0CPP058 BIOS: GATEWA - 20000707 Processor: Intel Pentium III, ~996MHz Memory: 512MB RAM Page File: 166MB used, 1852MB available Primary File System: n/a DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0810) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.01.2600.0000 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs. You may be able to get a signed driver from the manufacturer of the hardware device. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found. --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce4 Ti 4600 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device ID: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_0250&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A2 Display Memory: 128.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: SONY SDM-M81 DVI Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.13.10.2751 (English) DDI Version: 8 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 2/7/2002 14:14:36, 3397405 bytes Driver Signed: No WHQL Date Stamp: None VDD: Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 2/7/2002 14:14:36, 886253 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4110-11CF-0F69-0A2000C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x0250 SubSys ID: 0x00000000 Revision ID: 0x00A2 Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled DDraw Test Result: D3D7 Test Result: D3D8 Test Result: ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: SB Live! Wave Device Device ID: PCIVEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80321102&REV_07 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: emu10k1m.sys Driver Version: 5.12.01.3300 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Signed: Yes Date and Size: 10/25/2001 22:12:54, 282496 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Microsoft HW Accel Level: Full Registry: OK Sound Test Result: ------------- Input Devices ------------- Device Name: Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical Provider: Microsoft Hardware ID: USBVid_045e&Pid_0039&Rev_0121 Status: 0 Port Name: USB Root Hub Port Provider: (Standard USB Host Controller) Port ID: USBROOT_HUB&VID8086&PID2442&REV0001 Port Status: 0 Device Name: USB Human Interface Device Provider: (Standard system devices) Hardware ID: USBVid_056a&Pid_0011&Rev_0203 Status: 0 Port Name: USB Root Hub Port Provider: (Standard USB Host Controller) Port ID: USBROOT_HUB&VID8086&PID2444&REV0001 Port Status: 0 Device Name: USB Human Interface Device Provider: (Standard system devices) Hardware ID: USBVid_056a&Pid_0011&Rev_0203 Status: 0 Port Name: USB Root Hub Port Provider: (Standard USB Host Controller) Port ID: USBROOT_HUB&VID8086&PID2444&REV0001 Port Status: 0 Poll w/ Interrupt: No Registry: OK Here is my spec. I don't know about leaving LCD on too long I think it kill the life span of the LCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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