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jewel nile
Citizen
Username: Jerseybound
Post Number: 5
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 1:12 am: | 
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Our Dell desktop gets a lot of use during the the course of the day, and often late at night. As a result we usually leave the pc on 24/7.
Are we doing any harm to the machine or shortening its lifespan? |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1900
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
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I haven't seen any statistics in awhile... in 'the old days' it was actually better to leave the PC on, so the hard drive wouldn't have to spin down.
With modern drives, I don't believe that's as much of an issue anymore.
My guess would be, "no, you're not doing any harm to the machine". I would probably set the screen saver to turn off the monitor after 20 minutes, but that's about it. |
LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 355
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 10:04 am: |
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Years ago Microsoft recommended you reboot every few days....something to do with memory leaks. Since XP, I don;t believe this is an issue, but as Case indicates, putting your monitor to sleep is a good idea. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1749
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 8:27 pm: |
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Check under power saving settings. There are settings that allow you to have the harddrive spin-down when possible and to save power other ways etc etc. |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 903
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 3:58 pm: |
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is that hybernation? |
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