Shutdown, Screensavers, Hibernationg, Standby, Leave on....
Monday, January 12, 2004 by uM0p apsdn | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
After use, do you shutdown your computer? Use a screensaver? Set it on hibernation or standby? Turn the montior off? Or leave it as is? Or??
kona0197
Reply #2 Monday, January 12, 2004 7:53 PM
Reply #2 Monday, January 12, 2004 7:53 PM
I urn the whole thing off every night to make the processor last a little longer. I love my Pentium 3!
XX
Reply #3 Monday, January 12, 2004 7:55 PM
Reply #3 Monday, January 12, 2004 7:55 PM
I use hiberation on my laptop. Computer always off.
Hmm before I got laptop, I used to leave computer on, and windows xp had uptimes of over 3 months.
Hmm before I got laptop, I used to leave computer on, and windows xp had uptimes of over 3 months.
kona0197
Reply #5 Monday, January 12, 2004 8:10 PM
Reply #5 Monday, January 12, 2004 8:10 PM
I bet you all Jafo leaves his on all the time. In fact I bet he sleeps next to it.
kona0197 runs and hides
kona0197 runs and hides
Sugaree
Reply #6 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:03 PM
Reply #6 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:03 PM
I turn mine off when I'm done with it.
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Jafo
Reply #7 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:34 PM
Reply #7 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:34 PM
Nope...don't sleep next to it...but I do leave it on....uptime can be considerable, but dependent on system mods, etc...
Current uptime is just on 5 days....[I had some house electrics worked on]...
IPlural
Reply #8 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:39 PM
Reply #8 Monday, January 12, 2004 10:39 PM
Well if we happen to see a screen shot of a new baby tower with a mustache, headset and tattoo we know he ain't sleeping!! 
DesignCaddy
Reply #11 Monday, January 12, 2004 11:50 PM
Reply #11 Monday, January 12, 2004 11:50 PM
well, XP has little issues with Athlons.. along the lines of it falling asleep into..well, a coma.. 
also when it DOES come up from a sleep/hibernation, silly plug and play devices will stop working. so i just leave this machine on and turn the monitor off.. (and every now and then i check my fan speeds to make sure they arn't about to die out on me suddenly!)..
my laptop, i hibernate.
also when it DOES come up from a sleep/hibernation, silly plug and play devices will stop working. so i just leave this machine on and turn the monitor off.. (and every now and then i check my fan speeds to make sure they arn't about to die out on me suddenly!).. my laptop, i hibernate.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:59 AM
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:59 AM
I hibernate too - my pc gets turned off though 
DigitalCHET
Reply #13 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:26 AM
Reply #13 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:26 AM
I turn off my monitor and leave the computer running every night... I only reboot when I install something new or want to start anew. I'm not really fussed about uptime but I really hate rebooting. Like Rocky Admin, I also wish WinXP was as stable as Unix. Imagine seeing an uptime of over a year on an XP machine...
Snowman
Reply #14 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:50 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:50 PM
My pewter is on 24/7 as much as posible
(Uptime: (4d 23h 43m 26s) Record: (7w 17h 2m 11s 15ms set on Tue Dec 02 09:22:48 2003))
(Uptime: (4d 23h 43m 26s) Record: (7w 17h 2m 11s 15ms set on Tue Dec 02 09:22:48 2003))
GreatSilverWyrm
Reply #15 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:17 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:17 PM
I leave my 'puter on, but lock it, so my pesky brother or his friends don't bother it...I also turn the monitors off...
The only time I reboot is when I install/uninstall a proggy that requires it, or when I've been working with huge images in PS and my ram is toast...
The only time I reboot is when I install/uninstall a proggy that requires it, or when I've been working with huge images in PS and my ram is toast...
uM0p apsdn
Reply #16 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:17 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:17 PM
For those that leaves it on, doesn't the fan sound annoy you?
Rocky Nimda
Reply #17 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:37 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:37 PM
Mine doesn't make that much noise. My desk is an Oak Roll Top computer desk. The CPU sits inside the the desk behind a door. It has ventilation slots to keep it cool. I leave the door part way open most of the time. Some PC's make more noise than others. My son has a PC with a CPU fan and several other fans in it. It is a gaming machine. It sounds like a jet engine, so he turns it off at night, since it is in his bedroom.
DesignCaddy
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:20 PM
nah. but then again, i recently vacated a situation where i slept in the same room as my computer.
my machine purrs.. which is pretty darn suprising, its built like a tank.. very simple, metal, and has 4 fans.
now what i DO hear is an additional 3 fans in one of my drive bays.. a harddrive cooler that is on its last leg.. it starts to chatter sometimes.. so i kick it.
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:20 PM
| doesn't the fan sound annoy you? |
nah. but then again, i recently vacated a situation where i slept in the same room as my computer.
my machine purrs.. which is pretty darn suprising, its built like a tank.. very simple, metal, and has 4 fans.
now what i DO hear is an additional 3 fans in one of my drive bays.. a harddrive cooler that is on its last leg.. it starts to chatter sometimes.. so i kick it.
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Reply #1 Monday, January 12, 2004 7:51 PM
Wish it would become as stable as UNIX. My UNIX box has been up for over a year without the need to reboot. At least the recent versions of windows are improving in that area.