Home PC do you turn yours off at night?

Lil306

gabyjane wrote: »

Thanks for the replies

OK, I'll give a straight answer here.

Realistically speaking for the home consumer, it's best to leave your PC switched off as much as possible and using power saving features as its less stressful on the components upon startup for the times you can't switch it off. There is less chance of fires, longer life span and reduced power consumption within the household, if you must leave it you should always try to keep a good maintenance schedule and you will increase the lifespan of the equipments (regularly cleaning them, keeping temps low)

Realistically speaking in an environment where you use them 24/7. If you need them on all the time, providing you can maintain a stable environment such as clean 3 phase power, clean air filtration and constant cooling. You can leave them on as long as you wanted because there are clean voltages, clean air and cool air going to them. Temperature is one of the main killers of servers and PCs.

I hope all the posts answered your query

Eric_Pisch

Lil306 wrote: »

Yeah but when you got large machines, they usually have air con filtration and cooling. I been thinking about putting aircon in my bedroom at some stage, but sod that I'm colocating my servers this year anyway

I remember Novell, was a pain in the bum to administrate.

It's not really thermal stress, more de-stress from when you're angry

no air con or opening windows or clean power (its a pig old building)

novell was dead easy, it just worked, we had a PIII with 1gb of ram that handled 300 clients with ease, when we went over to windoze we needed a bank of duel xenon boxes just to do the same job

Lil306

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

no air con or opening windows or clean power (its a pig old building)

novell was dead easy, it just worked, we had a PIII with 1gb of ram that handled 300 clients with ease, when we went over to windoze we needed a bank of duel xenon boxes just to do the same job

Hahah, it sounds like typical server rooms I've been in. No decent setups just bodge jobs

PC's and Servers are generally reliable providing the environment is kept to a certain standard. Obviously it will shorten their span but they will still stand up to the abuse

I liked Novell in some respects, but the version I used (i think it was netware 5) was a pain. You had to create a folder for RO and a folder for RW permissions. Set the permissions for the folders then add the users to them. Active directory is a lot easier

I suspect Novell has improved since then but personally I'd prefer AD. I'm quite good with both of them but AD is my preferred Accounts Management and Network Setup

closed

The reason why it takes a while to boot could be varied, but one possibility is it's applying windows updates that should have been done ages ago. Malicious software removal tool updates and scans monthly when you boot.

If you post more details about what happens when you boot, you might get an answer, a modern pc should boot in around a minute.

Leaving it on is costing money, not doing the components any good, and adding to the risk of fire.

Lil306

closed wrote: »

The reason why it takes a while to boot could be varied, but one possibility is it's applying windows updates that should have been done ages ago.

For me... most likely

I really hate applying any updates with Windows

I do let them apply but never actually monitor which ones are going on. I just do it when I remember or when Windows screams at me to do it

fiddiwebb

gabyjane wrote: »

Hi thanks for the replies..hmm mixed reviews but as i guessed most of you turn them off. Without sounding like a money waster the electric issue has never really crossed my mind tbh as really dont think it makes that much difference..our tv is always on standby as new tv's cant be turned off so whats the difference of a pc on standby? my point was though IF we turn it off fully it is a nightmare so why not just leave it on? if there is something wrong with it starting up fine but if it doesnt need to be why make hard work! our last one lasted about 5 years on so can't see it being a prob?

Oh and DDoris no i hadn't f****d off was just buisy that's all!!

Thanks for the replies

Hmmm....I didn't think it was mixed reviews, I though the general consensus was that most people do turn their PCs off.

As this is a moneysaving site I'm surprised you never thought that turning off electrical equipment when not in use would not save you money.

You say new TVs can't be turned off, why not?

Lil306

fiddiwebb wrote: »

Hmmm....I didn't think it was mixed reviews, I though the general consensus was that most people do turn their PCs off.

As this is a moneysaving site I'm surprised you never thought that turning off electrical equipment when not in use would not save you money.

You say new TVs can't be turned off, why not?

I think it's to do with the way they go in standby. As opposed to switching them off at the plug. I have seen people mention this, my TV always goes in standby personally. It's rarely on to start with.

D.K.

I've seen a whole office melted due to workmen outside connecting triple phase when it shouldn't have.Had the PCs been unplugged there would have been no problems.
Cordless kettles don't need unplugging to be safe, I don't trust computers. I've also heard of someone's TV on stand-by going on fire...burnt the house down, insurance quibbled saying it was her fault for leaving it on!
Just pull the plugs and sleep well!
My PC on XP is faster when it gets a rest....getting old like me I suppose? However Ubuntu is like lightening, but that could also be because there are fewer programmes on it.

exup

Lil306 wrote: »

I think it's to do with the way they go in standby. As opposed to switching them off at the plug. I have seen people mention this, my TV always goes in standby personally. It's rarely on to start with.

girlfriends TV wont turn off unless its switched off at the plug - pressing the on/off button on the unit just puts it into standby mode which I thought manfacturers were being put under pressure to produce equipment that turned off completely due to the power consumption.

D.K.

exup wrote: »

girlfriends TV wont turn off unless its switched off at the plug - pressing the on/off button on the unit just puts it into standby mode which I thought manfacturers were being put under pressure to produce equipment that turned off completely due to the power consumption.

I've got the same problem. Girlfriends, TV......just can't turn them off