Do You Leave Your Computers On At All Times, Or Shut It Down When It's Not in Use?

[JJWALKER]

Every night before I goto bed, i turn off my computer. I do it mainly because I get nervous about my hard drive or the fans dying on me from bring on 24/7. A lot of people are telling me that I should leave my computer on at all times. They say that powering on and off your computer everyday does more damage to the hard drive and processor then leaving it on 24/7. They only power down their computer once every week to 2 weeks for a few hours. That's it.
What do you guys do?

 

[Jaguar2G]

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Every night before I goto bed, i turn off my computer. I do it mainly because I get nervous about my hard drive or the fans dying on me from bring on 24/7. A lot of people are telling me that I should leave my computer on at all times. They say that powering on and off your computer everyday does more damage to the hard drive and processor then leaving it on 24/7. They only power down their computer once every week to 2 weeks for a few hours. That's it.
What do you guys do?

sleep mode for me....but its a good idea to disconnect ur internet connection, jsut to be safe........

 

[YH Dafirm Diplomat]

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shiiiit....im wondering my damn self

 

[VegasGuy]

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I have it set to go to sleep after about 2 hours of non use. Then when I need it, I move the mouse and wake it.

If you left it running 24/7 you won't hurt or lose anything. These newer machines are designed to function 24/7. Older drives and older systems you probably want to shut them down.

-VG

 

[Profit]

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I leave it on as much as possible. Always got torrents running or some shit anyway. Never had a problem.

 

[iamadream]

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usually its on 24/7 but i started shutting mine down, just cuz i realized how much noise the fan and processor makes.

 

[Built4Life]

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usually its on 24/7 but i started shutting mine down, just cuz i realized how much noise the fan and processor makes.

Your fan should go off if it is in sleep mode If not then you may have something wrong with your system

 

[p5ych3]

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torrent and questionable material computer is on
24/7 with only utorrent/browser/pg2/accessing the net.

my desktop is on about 16hrs. thinking about using that
hibernate or suspend going forward.

laptop is on and off as needed, usually when i'm out the house.

 

[griff06]

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Your fan should go off if it is in sleep mode If not then you may have something wrong with your system

My computer must b fucked up then, my fan stay running when i put my computer on sleep mode...I got to go get that checkout asap..

 

[p5ych3]

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My computer must b fucked up then, my fan stay running when i put my computer on sleep mode...I got to go get that checkout asap..

Its not fucked, not all fans use the 3-4wires. if its just 2 wires it won't
spin down.

 

[JJWALKER]

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Yea, my fans are getting louder and louder. I think I have to replace them.

 

[gman2k4]

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I leave it on as much as possible. Always got torrents running or some shit anyway. Never had a problem.

c/s
I have a PC dedicated just to torrents I reboot it every other week

 

[dwnsouth]

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usually its on 24/7 but i started shutting mine down, just cuz i realized how much noise the fan and processor makes.

cosign

Yea, my fans are getting louder and louder. I think I have to replace them.

you may want to clean the fans.....

 

[clayizaiken]

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Hibernate, my man...

now wait a sec... why you askin, are you a cop or somethin?

 

[Vagina Feaster]

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Shit, I turn mine off every night. My teacher told me that it's good for the computer... plus I don't wanna run up my elec bill.

Am I wrong in this?

 

[JJWALKER]

Re: Do You Leave Your Computers On At All Times, Or Shut It Down When It's Not in Use

now wait a sec... why you askin, are you a cop or somethin?

Maybe I am!!!!

Naw, just playing

I just wanted other peoples opinion on the issue.

 

[yureeka9]

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I let em all run except my laptop

 

[LEs Stroud]

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standby for everything. Fans wont run as long as the drives arent spinning...but u niggas know bout shit spinning

 

[elchoccolatte]

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Guess I'm going to leave my shit running then...

 

[MoneyInTheBank]

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I have 4 laptops and 4 desktop computers they stay on ......

24/7/365