I Am Worried About Leaving My Pc On
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: MetroStars
Ok i read the topic on how long it is ok 2 leave your computer on 4...
but iam still worried about leaving my PC on 4 days on end...
i just recentley got DC++ and iam downloading sum gr8 movies but i have 2 leave my computer on day and night 2 get these movies...
so i just want 2 know do u leave your computer on 4 days at a time...
Posted by: -=Cyrus=-
Yeah its ok to leave it on....i've had mine on for a week and its been ok :D
Posted by: Lamsey
I leave my copmuter on 24.7 and it's fine.
Posted by: loz
longest I've had mine on is 37 hours, but I've been told you can have it on for weeks. Personally I don't like to leave it on for longer than a day because I don't want to risk damaging my pc.
Posted by: balamm
I don't want to risk damaging my pc
Then don't turn it on and off!! ;) leave it on.
Posted by: Kunal
Jus keep it well ventilated and itll b aight! mines bin on 4 days b4 its fine.
Posted by: RGX
its worse to turn it on and off a lot than it is to keep it on for long periods of time
Posted by: _John_Lennon_
Originally posted by RGX@8 September 2003 - 15:32
its worse to turn it on and off a lot than it is to keep it on for long periods of time
Depends on your system, so I wouldnt say that is always true.
Also, heh, that reminds me of my friend steve, his record for being on AIM was 28 Days, on his Mac Lap Top, ROFL.
No but serious, dont worry about keeping it on 24/7 they were made to do that.
Posted by: lynx
Last time I switched mine off was to fit the pci adsl modem back in May.
Posted by: wolfman10_2000
If I leave me PC on for a long time it consupts alot of ram so I need to reboot before playing a game. Longest I left it on was 8 days cuz it had 2 restart when putting in software :lol:
-Mike
Posted by: Somebody1234
My PC has been on for well over a year. I have restarted occasionally and have turned it off to change parts and such. As soon as the parts have been changed it's back on. So, I wouldn't worry about that if I were you. Just use it the way you want to.
Posted by: wolfman10_2000
;) the only way your PC is going to get damamged if it has no ventilation or you have no fans on the comp so it would over heat over time
-Mike
Posted by: johnboy27
Mine runs 27/7 and only gets turned off to add hardware or reboot due to installations.I have no problems with mine whatsoever. I have heard it is better to leave it on because startup is the heaviest load on your power supply,idling puts near no strain on on your PSU.
Posted by: Livy
i leave my laptop on if im downloading something, or just leave it uploading, but its mainly on 24/7
Posted by: Somebody1234
Originally posted by johnboy27@8 September 2003 - 19:13
Mine runs 27/7 and only gets turned off to add hardware or reboot due to installations.I have no problems with mine whatsoever. I have heard it is better to leave it on because startup is the heaviest load on your power supply,idling puts near no strain on on your PSU.
Wow! What planet do you live on.*27 hours per day? What type or internet connection do you have? Satallite? Sometimes I would like to have an extra 3 hours. :lol:
Btw, is that why you have 27 in your name johnboy27 ? :blink:
Posted by: lynx
3 hours ? Why not 3 seconds ? Just imagine what you could do if you had 3 seconds per day that no-one else had.
Posted by: Cygnuz-Y
I have a Q?, i always leave my Pc on in nights so i can download stuff but my Electric bills keep coming VERY high :( and my friends says is because of my PC, but im pretty sure that My PC is not the Prob, i have a 350W PSU, does it consume that much energy?
Posted by: lynx
Make sure that your monitor goes into power-save mode.
Posted by: Cygnuz-Y
I always leave it off :(
Posted by: johnboy27
Originally posted by Somebody1234+9 September 2003 - 01:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Somebody1234 @ 9 September 2003 - 01:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-johnboy27@8 September 2003 - 19:13
Mine runs 27/7 and only gets turned off to add hardware or reboot due to installations.I have no problems with mine whatsoever. I have heard it is better to leave it on because startup is the heaviest load on your power supply,idling puts near no strain on on your PSU.
Wow! What planet do you live on.*27 hours per day? What type or internet connection do you have? Satallite? Sometimes I would like to have an extra 3 hours. :lol:
Btw, is that why you have 27 in your name johnboy27 ? :blink: [/b][/quote]
Oops, I meant to put 24/7 .
Actually the "27" in my nick was actually my age when I signed up here.
Posted by: 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!
:D
Ann
Posted by: 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
Posted by: ScoobyDooooo
Tell that to my computer illiterate husband!!!
:lol:
Posted by: ScoobyDooooo
Originally posted by ScoobyDooooo@9 September 2003 - 04:51
Tell that to my computer illiterate husband!!!
:lol:
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!! :lol:
Posted by: 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? :huh: :huh: :blink:
Posted by: lynx
I thought you had just got a 500W psu ?
Not telling porkies I hope, abu.
That would be an abuse_of_power.
:groan:
Posted by: MetroStars
thanks 4 all the input guys....
Mayb i sud just quit being a sissy and stop worrying about leaving my computer on
Posted by: 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? :huh: :huh: :blink:
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.
Posted by: 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.
Posted by: 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.
Posted by: abu_has_the_power
Originally posted by lynx@9 September 2003 - 13:13
I thought you had just got a 500W psu ?
Not telling porkies I hope, abu.
That would be an abuse_of_power.
:groan:
ha :lol:
yea, i just got the comp, i'll be ordering the psu like today or tomorow. dude, my old computer has 200 watts!! :lol: and it runs pretty well if i leave it on. so i'm guessing the 500 watt should have no prob. only question i was asking is that will it fry up? it's not the best brand. Here:
http://dealsonic.com/po50atxp4amd.html
check it out
Posted by: lynx
That looks like a very reasonable psu for the money, always assuming it can match it's specifications. You shouldn't have any problems with that one, the highest current consumption is usually at start-up, normal running should not come anywhere near the max performance specs.
Posted by: ilw
Abu are u sure you arent telling porkies on the 7th september you said you'd already ordered the power supply a week ago?
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=64730
Posted by: johnboy27
Abu,here is a link to my power supply http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm?conte...part.htm&show=1 (http://www.mysterybyte.com/index.htm?content=parts.htm&side=sidepart.htm&show=1) . It is just a no name brand basically .It is only 300 watt and I run mine all the time.My specs are Athlon XP 2200+ (overclocked to 1950 mhz),512 mb DDR ,Radeon 7500 video, 80 gig Samsung hard drive,CDRW/DVD drive,sound card,lan ,modem,three lighted fans,led lights up both sides of my case,two other regular fans. I have yet to have power supply prob though I will be replacing it soon
Posted by: strim99
this post a lil late - but it's actually better 2 leave ur pc on continually than 2 shut it off every night. what kills a pc is the "surge" of electrons through the mobo, hd when u turn it on. if u leave it on - the electricity is flowin through - instead of surgin.
just shut off yer monitor 2 prevent screen burn (cannot teach my end users on my LAN that simple step). u'll b fine.
Posted by: BawA
i have power supply fan and cpu fan and vga fan only ist ok or i should buy some coolent
longest time ma pc was on is 2 days :lol: but today iam d/l movie so i want it to keep it on till tommorow ist ok or.....
Posted by: nanotek
:D mines on 24-7 ,sometimes i restart if i got updates and installed software.now and then i do turn it off for one night (happens about once in a fortnight)
Posted by: Wolfmight
rofl at abu's avatar:
http://www.funpic.hu/ad/ad8.jpg
Posted by: Triadcool
Mine is on 24/7 also.
Posted by: abu_has_the_power
Originally posted by ilw@10 September 2003 - 14:56
Abu are u sure you arent telling porkies on the 7th september you said you'd already ordered the power supply a week ago?
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=64730
that was when i 1st found out of the $20 psu. i just got it yesterday. works like a charm.
Posted by: Blue_Savannah
Can sum 1 tell me if the fans are supposed to keep running when the system's in standby mode? (I have an AMD duron.) Thanks.
Posted by: [B][O][T]
My longest uptime is:
7 days, 6 hours, 5 minuts and 47 seconds
My shortest uptime is:
0 days, 0 hours, 10 minuts and 26 seconds
BOT
Posted by: thacowboy3
i have a 250W psu, 5 years old, still works well [i do open it and blow the dirt of once every year or something]
my problem, howveer is this; i want to buy a new pc and i want the following DRIVES installed
2 SATA drives [raid 0 config]
1 CDRW
1 DVDROM
1 CD ROM [existing one, cause there are some CDs the newer drives are not able to read, dunno why]
plus an odd HDD once in a while, you know, swapping stuff off friends
where do i get a psu with so many power connectors? :huh: :blink: :unsure:
Posted by: Kunal
Originally posted by Blue_Savannah@25 September 2003 - 06:34
Can sum 1 tell me if the fans are supposed to keep running when the system's in standby mode? (I have an AMD duron.) Thanks.
fans r ment 2 b on wen in standby as ur systems still on!
Posted by: Kunal
Originally posted by thacowboy3@25 September 2003 - 07:18
i have a 250W psu, 5 years old, still works well [i do open it and blow the dirt of once every year or something]
my problem, howveer is this; i want to buy a new pc and i want the following DRIVES installed
2 SATA drives [raid 0 config]
1 CDRW
1 DVDROM
1 CD ROM [existing one, cause there are some CDs the newer drives are not able to read, dunno why]
plus an odd HDD once in a while, you know, swapping stuff off friends
where do i get a psu with so many power connectors? :huh: :blink: :unsure:
think you can get a splitter for ur power cables, im not 2 sure though
Posted by: Somebody1234
Most new power supplies have quite a lot of power connectors but if you need more there are splitters as Kunal just said.
Here's an example: http://www.css.msu.edu/PC-Guide/Images/Splitter.gif
Posted by: james_bond_rulez
when I need to sleep i turn my computer off.
I found if I leave it on while i am sleep I dont get good sleep.
the fans......just too loud
Posted by: puk:))
i turned mine off a couple months ago to fit a network card.
cant remember the time before that :)
Posted by: Rocktron
Originally posted by balamm@8 September 2003 - 21:12
I don't want to risk damaging my pc
Then don't turn it on and off!! ;) leave it on.
Yep!
That's the way i do it.. leave it on all night and day, reboot it and and leave it back on 24 hours.
Just to flush it all.. ;)
Posted by: fr600
I use to turn off my computer once a day for a few minutes. I think it performs better then...
Though you must see how you feel when you touch your hard disk after leaving your computer on for a day at least...
Posted by: thacowboy3
thanks Kunal and Somebody1234 :)
when I need to sleep i turn my computer off.
I found if I leave it on while i am sleep I dont get good sleep.
the fans......just too loud
its good you gave the reason why. i was reading it and thinking, 'another Feng Shui guy who believes electricity messes with your head'. :ph34r:
Posted by: BawA
hello i didnt get ma answer
i have power supply fan and cpu fan only ist ok or i should buy some coolent
Posted by: Schumacher_Skaife
Nothing wrong with leaving ya PC on for ages, will keep ya HDD in better condition for longer, thats why all major servers, even if not needed are kept on.
Dave
Posted by: [B][O][T]
I never turn My computer off, only re-boot once in a while when it ask for it.
BOT
Posted by: nanotek
Originally posted by MetroStars@8 September 2003 - 20:04
Ok i read the topic on how long it is ok 2 leave your computer on 4...
but iam still worried about leaving my PC on 4 days on end...
i just recentley got DC++ and iam downloading sum gr8 movies but i have 2 leave my computer on day and night 2 get these movies...
so i just want 2 know do u leave your computer on 4 days at a time...
:D if u don't want it left on then just turn it off :P
Posted by: chinook_apache
if leave your pc on for like days on end dont u need to refresh the memory by restarting it. i tend to do that. the longest i had mine on is about 3 days . it sucks for the power supply as well
Posted by: Hellie
i leave mine on all the time, but i heart that it is good to gif it a cold reboot now and then, anybodý knows why? :huh:
Posted by: thacowboy3
please ignore this one. read below
Posted by: thacowboy3
Originally posted by chinook_apache@26 September 2003 - 19:09
if leave your pc on for like days on end dont u need to refresh the memory by restarting it. i tend to do that. the longest i had mine on is about 3 days . it sucks for the power supply as well
i leave mine on all the time, but i heart that it is good to gif it a cold reboot now and then, anybodý knows why?
you need to reboot once in a while mostly to flush the memory. windows has crappy memory management. there are some frigging good programs for that at download.com. other than that, you can leave it on all the time.
btw, how does it suck for power supply :unsure: ?