I Am Worried About Leaving My Pc On

[ScoobyDooooo]

Yeah it's fine to leave on.... I do the same with my downloads for movies and
I think others who upload from me appreciate it too. Although when I'm not
on a "movie binge" I shut down... It keeps my husband from bitching at me about the electric bill!

Ann

[TonyManCan]

leave the damn pc on, there is no problem with that. as far as energy consumption enable hibernate mode on your pc, it uses very little energy. we have about 50 pc's at work we leave those suckers on all the time. sure every once in awhile we need to restart but thats normal. don't worry so much

[ScoobyDooooo]

Tell that to my computer illiterate husband!!!

[ScoobyDooooo]

Originally posted by ScoobyDooooo@9 September 2003 - 04:51
Tell that to my computer illiterate husband!!!

He's worse than a wife!!! Then again he doesn't do 50 pounds of laundry a day and
he keeps the TV on ALL NIGHT... That's OKKK, huh. Hmm, and they think WE're
crazy!!! All through our teen years we dream about the man we will marry, then when we do, we wonder why!!

[abu_has_the_power]

4 all o yal who leave it on, do you all have a good psu? how good? i'm prob gonna buy a generic or some lower-than-antec brand. will that hold through if i leave it on 24/7? and 1 more thing. i my old computer for 4 years. i always turned it off and on. never left it on for more than 8 hrs until recently when i started dling really huge files. How come the computer hasn't blown up yet?

[lynx]

I thought you had just got a 500W psu ?
Not telling porkies I hope, abu.

That would be an abuse_of_power.
:groan:

[MetroStars]

thanks 4 all the input guys....

Mayb i sud just quit being a sissy and stop worrying about leaving my computer on

[johnboy27]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@9 September 2003 - 14:05
4 all o yal who leave it on, do you all have a good psu? how good? i'm prob gonna buy a generic or some lower-than-antec brand. will that hold through if i leave it on 24/7? and 1 more thing. i my old computer for 4 years. i always turned it off and on. never left it on for more than 8 hrs until recently when i started dling really huge files. How come the computer hasn't blown up yet?

I just have a generic 300 watt and I have no prob.I should probably have a 400 watt or so as I am putting quite a load on this one now,but it is better to only put the startup load on it once every couple of days.

[The_Verifier]

Mines been on bout a year now,no damage yet, I never turn it off. Using IntelCeleron 1.6 Ghz. Processor not that expensive anyway if somethin did happen id jus buy a new processor or motherboard, I got the tower ,motherboard and processor new for only 180 bucks put it all together myself. No probs yet I think the biggest prob might be if your hardrive was to overheat jus keep it backed up. Business's hardley ever turn off their Pc's. Government Pcs never turn off unless theres a prob.

[The_Verifier]

Its better for your computer to leave it on if you are not usin it put it on standby turnin off and on is harder on the proccesor then leaving it on. Bank computers 24/7 Atm's 24/7 Powerplants 24/7 gas stations 24/7 Post office 24/7 Wall Street 24/7 Our nation is the way it is cause computers are on 24/7 its ok to leave your computer on.