Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

[MCHeshPants420]

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?

[orcutt989]

Too much work to turn it off. Plus I need to leave downloads on overnight to seed.

[tesco]

I turn it off at night cause my dad gets mad if i leave it on, plus it heats my room too much so it's ahrd to sleep.

Leaving it on to download gta:sa tonight tho. :01:

[Guillaume]

Nope. Can't sleep cause of the humming of the fans.

[DarthInsinuate]

At Uni i left it on to drown out the noise from outside and to download overnight. Also i download from IRC a lot and a send slot usually opens during the night

[Lion7718]

About 23/7 till Hurricane Season, which is now..

[Samurai]

About 23/7 till Hurricane Season, which is now..

Don't you have surge protectors where you live? :ph34r:

[sameer0807]

oh yes.....leave my computer on 24/7!
cant remember when was the last time i actually shut down the computer.

[Lion7718]

About 23/7 till Hurricane Season, which is now..

Don't you have surge protectors where you live? :ph34r:

Yes, but last year I got zapped through Ethernet Cable...blowing out Computer & Protector......

[Skiz]

Mine is Windows based. It has to be restarted all the time... :dry:

I'm seriously thinking of running a dual-boot system with Linux on teh next PC.

[ziggyjuarez]

Only for updates.I need to seed my porn so i keep it run'n 24/7

[46ghost]

It's on 24/7, unless I'm installing hardware :)

[Mr. Mulder]

used to be 24/7, for a few years but recently i've shut it down at night :ermm:

[Samurai]

Don't you have surge protectors where you live? :ph34r:

Yes, but last year I got zapped through Ethernet Cable...blowing out Computer & Protector......


Unless I'm mistaken, how is this possible? The ethernet is connected from your PC to modem / router right? Wouldn't the modem / router either be inside the PC (as in modem only) or on your desk (as in either if external) thus would be plugged into the mains via surge protector?

[Money Fist]

its supposed to be good to leave ur PC on as opposed to turning it on and off
because the metal in the circuits expand in the heat and retracts when it cools
constant expanding and retracting wears the components

any way
no i dont leave mine on :P

[TFFTn]

The only time I turn my P.C off is for a rebbot maybe once a week or so, or if Im having problems with it.

Mostly I just refresh explorer.exe. Plus my comp becomes alive at night as it defrags and scans for nasties and what not, so yes I leave mine on for way more that 24 hours.

[Lion7718]

Yes, but last year I got zapped through Ethernet Cable...blowing out Computer & Protector......


Unless I'm mistaken, how is this possible? The ethernet is connected from your PC to modem / router right? Wouldn't the modem / router either be inside the PC (as in modem only) or on your desk (as in either if external) thus would be plugged into the mains via surge protector?


Power Surge came through Cable Line, through Modem, than burned out Motherboard, Processor, Modem & Surge Protector...
New Protector has a Cable Protector..old one didn't.
Everything was protected but the Cable itself..now it is.
Also burned out 1 TV had to have 3 Cable Line replaced cause they fried.

[Money Fist]

yep
ethernet cable run power too
alot of components coming out now are starting to make use of this

i recently saw a surveillance camera running from POE
http://www.woodhousetechnology.co.uk/images/ip-camera-poe-injector.jpg (hope the piccie works)

[DanB]

so yes I leave mine on for way more that 24 hours.


Way more than 24 hours a day? :huh:


Mine is on 24/7 now I have it in a seperate room to my bed :01:

[manker]

http://www.24-7afg.org/index_files/24-7.jpg

[DanB]

hark at you and the fancy picture :dry:

[manker]

I'm so 1337 :happy:

[maebach]

i leave it on too much. i think my cpu's gonna overheat, need more fans and thermo paste

[Chewie]

Fuck me, I'm paying £15 a week for our electricity already.

[manker]

Fuck me, I'm paying £15 a week for our electricity already.No thanks, but I bet someone on the forum will take you up on the offer - you should make the extra cash required to keep the PC online overnight in no time at all :naughty:

[Smith]

Not 24/7, but i do leave it on for days at a time to download and then to seed :cool:

[JPaul]

Not 24/7, but i do leave it on for days at a time to download and then to seed :cool:
Meh 2

[Snee]

I do not.

[tiduseifer]

I have mine on pretty much all day thoughout the day, and only turn it off before i go to sleep if im not uploading/downloading.

[backlash]

yes. it's on all the time. only gets rebooted after software installs.

[Biggles]

No, I worry about the paraffin (kerosene) running out and the system crashing - thinking of upgrading to mains gas though.

[Peerzy]

http://img73.echo.cx/img73/5711/uptime6nz.jpg

Last time i turned it off was to install my new DVD ReWriter drive, before that uptime was 2 months +.

[dudevenezuela]

I do ! How does it affect my PC life ?

[sameer0807]

mine is on for last 27 days, non-stop!
downloaded more then 350 gigs in that period.... :)

[Demonikus]

Mine only goes down for a couple mins a week to reboot.

[crysmileyguy!]

:01: yes, 24/7 i all ways end up restarting it every week tho cos i get problems with windows, like when a game crashes the screens realy bright so i gotta restart it, or like now the 'my computer' link in my start menu doesnt work (no idea y) ill restart it when i can be arst.

[Mr. Mulder]

does anyone have linkage to a very precise calculator for calculating on how much your machine runs up on the electricity bill? :unsure:

[Formula1]

I dont leave mine 24/7. I turn it off when i go to school, because if my parents see it on they get pissed. I leave it on almost every night to mainly upload/seed stuff.

[lee551]

all da time except for reboots b/c of installations, problems or whatever. i turn it off when i'm going to be away from my house for 2+ days, but other than that, always.

[sameer0807]

i turn it off when i'm going to be away from my house for 2+ days, but other than that, always.

once i had to travel for 15 days, didn't want to shut down PC, so made a huge fkin list of stuff that i would like to download and let the PC do the rest.

Left it runnin for 15 days...non-stop, no other shit runnin at the background....downloaded more than 450gigs in 15 days.....

since then my PC is barely off.... its now runnin over a month, i-e non-stop...

[Sonny21]

for the past few months yes, because of downloading.

[Nigi]

i keep one or two computers on 24/7 :P

[TurpoUrpo]

Jup. My DSL always in full use..

[mr. nails]

sure, on 24/7 and my last electric bill was only $33.

[desihotchick]

22/7 perhaps,lol

[johno1977]

hi newbie here...thought id join the conversation...my comps on almost all night every night for d/l's then its on some weekends for the kids too use but they only stay on it an hr or so.

[S!X]

Nope, mom doesnt like me leaving it on. :dry:

[tesco]

Nowadays I leave it on all the time downloading.
It hasn't been restarted in 11 days. :happy:

[S!X]

Nowadays I leave it on all the time downloading.
It hasn't been restarted in 11 days. :happy:

brutal:ermm:

[darth revan]

the button to turn mine off broke off so i can't turn it off.

[Snee]

My bastard of a graphics card fan makes too much noise for me to sleep with the computer turned on.

Tried turning up all other fans in my case to their max speeds, and the level of noise hardly increased one iota.

[ahctlucabbuS]

the button to turn mine off broke off so i can't turn it off.

I'll buy that... :lol:

Too much noise to leave it on...

[nightwalker]

nope the humming noise from the fans drives me insane

[jetje]

I do ! How does it affect my PC life ?

It's better to leave it running then to start stop it all the time... at least it is for HD and other mechanical parts... ;)

[unistructure]

my rig is too loud to leave on all night, especially since its beside my bed

[cpt_azad]

It's been on for over a month now i think, but will be shutting it down tonight for reformat :)

[Damnatory]

my rig is too loud to leave on all night, especially since its beside my bed
I've got two loud systems near my bed. I've found that I actually can't sleep anymore without the blissful sound of all my fans. :happy:

[peat moss]

I leave mine on but with the odd bad storm ,If I'm awake I'll get up and turn it of .Had a power surge hit me last year and fried my mobo .

But I set up all my maint. programs to run @ 2:00 am , like defrag , Giant , etc. Seems so much better just wake up grab a coffee I'm set to go . I don't believe the crap about it using that much electricity leaving it on all the time .

[Duffman]

Almost 10 days up now, my irc logs would be un complete if I turned it off.

[samtheman123]

I leave mine on 24/7 I dont think I've turned my Pc off in the last month

[zapjb]

I think it's unwise to leave on 24/7. I believe hardware especially non-server hardware wears faster being left on. People say switching causes surges, the switches etc. etc. The lifecycle of parts justs lasts longer when not being used 24/7.