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Name: me too Date: April 16, 2001 at 17:11:34 Pacific
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I leave my PC's on 24/7. Others don't. You'll hear a zillion heated reasons for/against, but in the end its a personal choice. I DO recommend turning off your monitor. You wouldn't leave your TV on all night, would you? Simple economics.
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Response Number 2
Name: me three Date: April 16, 2001 at 17:19:52 Pacific
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I agree with me too. But I turn mine off every night.
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Response Number 3
Name: Original Bruce Date: April 16, 2001 at 18:08:20 Pacific
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I've worn out on/off switches. I shut mine off at night or when leaving the house, don't want surprises when I get back like a basement hole full of ashes. The printed circuit board heating and cooling debate that's sure to come? Tv's, microwaves, vcr's, etc have printed circuit boards and they get turned on and off more than most pc's. In all these years I only had one(1) on/off problem which was a bad factory solder joint in a monitor.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jerry Date: April 16, 2001 at 18:09:10 Pacific
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I turn my system off every day when I'm at work and at night before bed. It might be hard on the video card on re-starts, but it saves your system from lightning storms when you are not there and on power consumption although it's probably next to nothing. You're cpu fan will last longer too.
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Response Number 5
Name: me three Date: April 16, 2001 at 18:43:22 Pacific
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Excellent point about the CPU fan Jerry.
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Response Number 6
Name: stumped Date: April 16, 2001 at 23:03:20 Pacific
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I turn mine off every night using a power bar switch, saves the switch on the pc. I also have my screensaver come on after 15 minutes and have set my power schemes to remain on. It seems to preserve the life of my pc
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Response Number 7
Name: Blazer Date: April 17, 2001 at 01:52:55 Pacific
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See Post #61848 for the best discussion of this controversial issue especially reply # 11.
Personally I'm on 24/7 except if I'm gone for 3 or more days.
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Response Number 8
Name: Peer Date: April 17, 2001 at 05:19:49 Pacific
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It depends on the usage, if the computer is used for any server uses it's on all the time, if it's a client, I reduce the poweroffs on it to before leaving to work and before going to bed. Leaving it on all the time will eventually wear it out and constantly turning it on and off will too. On all computers that support it I run HLT cooling programs that significantly decreases power consumption and temprature. If the CPU fan wears out, I'll just buy a new one, they aren't that much. I also turn off the monitor when leaving for a long time.
Summary: Can leave it on or off. Some say the constant on and off will weaken the solder joints from heat and cold. I've turned mine on and off for years and no problems. I live in the woods and am only conce...
Summary: # 61848 Leave Computer On or Off ? Response Number 10 Name: Blazer Date: January 24, 2001 at 11:18:43 Pacific Subject: To turn off computer or not! Reply: This question always gets more response...
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