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I was just wondering who leaves their computer on 24/7? I have had the habit of turning mine off at night, and was wondering if this is detrimental to the life of the computer, such as starting up, loading RAM and that kind of thing. Am I shortening the life of my computer?

 

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mr_bots Enthusiast

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I leave mine on almost all the time because it blue screens about 70% of the time when I shut it down. Most people think leaving it on is worse than turning it off at night because it keeps the components hot all the time.

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I leave mine on almost all the time because it blue screens about 70% of the time when I shut it down. Most people think leaving it on is worse than turning it off at night because it keeps the components hot all the time.

Not a problem to leave them on 24/7 if you have decent cooling. servers are left on 24/7, if they weren't we'd have problems.

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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I leave mine on almost all the time because it blue screens about 70% of the time when I shut it down. Most people think leaving it on is worse than turning it off at night because it keeps the components hot all the time.

Not a problem to leave them on 24/7 if you have decent cooling. servers are left on 24/7, if they weren't we'd have problems.

 

 

Chicken fryers can also be an issue. :shakehead:

DofD Senior Enthusiast

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You read that piece in the paper too it seems. :shakehead:

 

I leave mine (laptop, workstation, server) on all the time, just for convenience of use. But for being detrimental to the life of a computer by turning it off, bah. My wife turns hers off every night and hasn't had an issue. When it comes to mechanical components like the fans, hard drives, etc, the more the run, the more wear they accumulate. Wearing out RAM by loading it. That is laughable. The contents of RAM are always in a state of flux.

pwall Senior Enthusiast

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My computers run 24/7. Even my laptop is rarely shutdown, I just close the lid (which only turns off the screen).

Although rebooting a Windows box every now and then is a good idea to clean it up.

My linux boxes, never shutdown....only if there is a power outage.

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I turn mine off most nights, but only to save power. It used to be believed that turning your computer on/off would degrade the life of the hard drive. But I haven't seen anything on that topic in the last 6 years so I can't comment either way.

Outbacker Enthusiast

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You read that piece in the paper too it seems. :shakehead:

 

I leave mine (laptop, workstation, server) on all the time, just for convenience of use. But for being detrimental to the life of a computer by turning it off, bah. My wife turns hers off every night and hasn't had an issue. When it comes to mechanical components like the fans, hard drives, etc, the more the run, the more wear they accumulate. Wearing out RAM by loading it. That is laughable. The contents of RAM are always in a state of flux.

 

Too funny, yes I did see it in the paper this morning. I am not that much a computer geek so I figured that I would ask the question.

 

Cheers.

Nick The Great Senior Enthusiast

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My work PC gets turned off every night. My home computer never gets shut off. My power supply is acting up and won't power on very well. I have to jiggle the power connection. It's a PITA.

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