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I was wondering it is bad or harmful to your computer if you leave it on 24/7 or a longer period of time?

Dr Brain · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:20 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I've left all of my computers I've ever owned on 24/7. It's never hurt anything.

Some people say that it's actually better to leave it on all the time, because the changing temperatures of turning it off and on can cause strain on the CPU and other components.
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Maverick · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:28 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I believe some components on your motherboard aren't designed to be on 24/7 and will fail after a few years of service.
(That's why servers have different motherboard and components.)
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I have a Intel Pent.4 proceser and is 2.41ghz, and a nVidia64mb gfx card

Dr Brain · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:32 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Maverick · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:39 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I have seen enough examples of motherboards that were fused out because they were being used as a server and on 24/7.

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:15 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

If you use your computer more than 8 hours a day, or you constantly go back to it at random times of the day, leave it on all the time. If you do leave your computer on all the time, and want to save on electricity still, set your hard drives to power off after an hour or so of non-usage. If your CPU is hovering around 0-2%, and your hard drives are off, your system uses very low power.

Me personally? My computers are always on. Even when I leave the country for two or more weeks, they are still on. Why? FTP, VNC and SSH (well, for the linux server, OpenSSH under Cygwin sucks). I enjoy having full access to every system on our network at anytime from anywhere. Hell, when I was in Poland visiting family, we loading up pictures we forgot to bring with us thanks to the magic of Wake-on-LAN and having my main system on (pictures we on my father's system).

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:44 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I once had a Chaintech motherboard fail, seemingly for being on all the time. No trouble with the ASUS I bought to replace it, though.
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Quan Chi2 · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:47 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Hey, MGB you leave the country for weeks.. are you in the army or something? just wondering..

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:08 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

D1st0rt · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:00 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I have to turn my laptop off every once in a while when taking it to class, or when this happens:

My guess is the RAM.
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Quan Chi2 · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:54 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:00 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Definitely RAM. Wow, I feel old knowing what parity is. If you want to risk it, you could also just turn of the parity check somewhere in the CMOS, but then you may get some nasty failures.

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Dr Brain · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:56 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Solid_Fire · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:19 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Purge · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:14 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Unless you have an old computer, your computer will live if it's on 24/7. I had an old computer and I left it on 24/7 and its power supply failed. I assume today's power supplies are better?

Donkano · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:53 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

My computer I leave on 24/7 and I took off the side so it is at room temprature and it runs fine.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:57 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Taking off the side is probably the stupidest thing you can do for the cooling of a computer.

Donkano · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Contempt+ · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:25 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I'd have to agree with Don for once. I had my side panel on my computer and it would get a little warm. Took it off, and it's cooled down quite a bit.
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Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:08 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

1 fan? As in one in the power supply? Or one on the CPU? Either way, I have trouble believing you.

Removing the side panel reduces the air temperature inside the case, so it might not feel as hot, but it actually increases the temperature of the parts because cases are designed to pass air through the entire case, passing every part that needs cooling.

And "a little warm" is normal and perfectly OK.

newb · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:28 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Isn't also dangourous to leave the sides off while your exposed to electrical parts?

I wouldn't think of doing that.
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Maverick · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:35 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

It is also stupid because dust can go into the power supply, processor and all of the electronic parts of your computer. Dust heats up the computer even more because it stops airflow and warms up.

(Deactived B l a h e r) · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:42 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I'm actuall going to agree with not taking off the sides this time even thought I like to experiment. You shouldn't do it like every one eles here said because it gets more dust in the fan, on the CPU, on the circuts, power cords, cd, it can get on the platters of the hard drive, and also it looks very un-neatly anyways. If you want to have your computer cooler just put a filter on the fan (even a thin sock will work like I said befor so dust can't get in there and it will cause less of a air blockage on dust and can cool down faster.