PC on or off - Page 2

SlayerApocalypse666 · 06-14-2012, 01:28 PM

i use sleep mode o.o takes 3 seconds to reopen with a ssd.

**Ghakimx** · 06-15-2012, 03:32 AM

For my old desktop, I'd usually just leave it on because its gonna be used by many of my family members. As for my Macbook Pro, I shut that shit down when I'm not touching it for hours cuz the standby drains battery like shit. Otherwise I practically never shut it down for days.

**dore** · 06-15-2012, 04:02 AM

I just sleep it and restart it if I notice it's running slow(er than usual since it's a craptop with Vista)

Helixia · 06-15-2012, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dore

I just sleep it and restart it if I notice it's running slow(er than usual since it's a craptop with Vista)

Vista is the worsest OS after me/2000 in my days of using Windows XD.

Maybe i consider to let my pc on when i turned it on in the morning and turn it off at the night except when i download something.

**Zageron** · 06-15-2012, 12:16 PM

On, 24/7 with restarts frequently to do updates and the like.
This is my current OS instance. Next instance is due for an installation but I'm trying to stretch it as long as possible, and may just keep it until a major messup.

**dore** · 06-15-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Helixia

Vista is the worsest OS after me/2000 in my days of using Windows XD.

Maybe i consider to let my pc on when i turned it on in the morning and turn it off at the night except when i download something.

yeah I agree. My video card is too new for XP but can't run Windows 7 either so I'm pretty much stuck unless I actually put money into my computer which ain't happening

SlayerApocalypse666 · 06-16-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dore

yeah I agree. My video card is too new for XP but can't run Windows 7 either so I'm pretty much stuck unless I actually put money into my computer which ain't happening

Video card can run vista but not 7 ? u srs, cauz, video cards 10 years old can run windows 7, i bet u're lying.

fido123 · 06-16-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dore

yeah I agree. My video card is too new for XP but can't run Windows 7 either so I'm pretty much stuck unless I actually put money into my computer which ain't happening

I'm pretty sure any video card requirements are just for running Windows Aero which Microsoft for some reason is so apeshit retarded that their "minimum requirements" includes the running of Windows Aero. Windows 7 can be pretty lightweight if you make it so.

Choofers · 06-17-2012, 08:23 AM

Funny story (actually not funny at all): After raid last night, my guild leader got a phone call from her boyfriend about his computer exploding due to a bad power supply. Apparently he keeps his PC on all the time, and it ran super hot. Shrapnel flew past his face and wrecked his wall, and his desk caught on fire.

Fortunately he's fine otherwise. If you plan on leaving your shit on for extended periods of time, don't build a computer with cheap parts !!

**25thhour** · 06-17-2012, 02:14 PM

I never turn off my computer and whenever it tries to do Automatic Updates, I just hit "Postpone for 4 hours" every 4 hours. My laptop only turns off when it dies.

fido123 · 06-17-2012, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Choofers

Funny story (actually not funny at all): After raid last night, my guild leader got a phone call from her boyfriend about his computer exploding due to a bad power supply. Apparently he keeps his PC on all the time, and it ran super hot. Shrapnel flew past his face and wrecked his wall, and his desk caught on fire.

Fortunately he's fine otherwise. If you plan on leaving your shit on for extended periods of time, don't build a computer with cheap parts !!

My first lesson of Hardware 101 was almost literally some Russian dude yelling "NEVER CHEAP OUT ON THE POWER SUPPLY" over and over and over again.

**lumphoboextreme** · 06-17-2012, 05:25 PM

My uptime is only 2 hours 16 minutes. :( I guess I shut down my comp a lot.

Helixia · 06-18-2012, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by lumphoboextreme

My uptime is only 2 hours 16 minutes. :( I guess I shut down my comp a lot.

You are not the only one :P. I turn my pc off every day :P.

**rushyrulz** · 06-18-2012, 09:46 AM

I don't shut off every night, but I restart for updates and shit.

**ELRayford** · 06-18-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Helixia

Nice!!! Without problems?

None that required any downtime or restarts. This is from a Medical Records Database I built for a client. 20+ clients log in through RDP (Remote Desktop) I built the system, Deployed the OS, and configured RDP. I did not set up the database :3

**Reincarnate** · 06-18-2012, 07:10 PM

never skimp on the power supply and like 80% of your problems will go away

**wargasm1** · 06-18-2012, 10:08 PM

i let my pc on but it has a power saving mode to it so after 30 minutes its 90% off, until i touch anything then its 100% on again.

Helixia · 06-19-2012, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wargasm1

i let my pc on but it has a power saving mode to it so after 30 minutes its 90% off, until i touch anything then its 100% on again.

I have that setting on my pc too and it comes in handy if i have a long brb :P.

**DarknessXoXLight** · 06-19-2012, 03:43 AM

I leave my desktop on until my room gets to like 147 degrees, but during the winter it never goes off. My laptop I hibernate every night though~ rarely ever fully shut it down.

**G.S.M** · 10-2-2012, 06:23 AM

I have been shutting off my computers for about two decades now and never had any issues. In fact i still have one of my computers from 1995 with all the original parts with a video card from 1999 still have original though.

Honestly see off as the better option

06-14-2012, 01:28 PM	#21
SlayerApocalypse666 Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 324	Re: PC on or off i use sleep mode o.o takes 3 seconds to reopen with a ssd.

06-15-2012, 03:32 AM	#22
Ghakimx Cutie&Handshaking Sounds Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Xingapore Posts: 1,594	Re: PC on or off For my old desktop, I'd usually just leave it on because its gonna be used by many of my family members. As for my Macbook Pro, I shut that shit down when I'm not touching it for hours cuz the standby drains battery like shit. Otherwise I practically never shut it down for days. __________________ I AM ASHAMED OF MY STUPIDITY AND MUST COMMIT SEPPUKU. FORGIVE ME, FFR. Ninjas NEVER die. Now on a 30 kill streak.

06-15-2012, 04:02 AM	#23
dore caveman pornstar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ridin on a unicorn Age: 33 Posts: 6,317	Re: PC on or off I just sleep it and restart it if I notice it's running slow(er than usual since it's a craptop with Vista) __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

06-15-2012, 12:16 PM	#25
Zageron Zageron E. Tazaterra RRR Developer & DevOps Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BC Age: 32 Posts: 6,586	Re: PC on or off On, 24/7 with restarts frequently to do updates and the like. This is my current OS instance. Next instance is due for an installation but I'm trying to stretch it as long as possible, and may just keep it until a major messup.

06-17-2012, 08:23 AM	#29
Choofers FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 6,205	Re: PC on or off Funny story (actually not funny at all): After raid last night, my guild leader got a phone call from her boyfriend about his computer exploding due to a bad power supply. Apparently he keeps his PC on all the time, and it ran super hot. Shrapnel flew past his face and wrecked his wall, and his desk caught on fire. Fortunately he's fine otherwise. If you plan on leaving your shit on for extended periods of time, don't build a computer with cheap parts !! __________________

06-17-2012, 02:14 PM	#30
25thhour *I like max* Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver/Burnaby/East Van Age: 30 Posts: 2,921	Re: PC on or off I never turn off my computer and whenever it tries to do Automatic Updates, I just hit "Postpone for 4 hours" every 4 hours. My laptop only turns off when it dies. __________________ r bae adam bae max bae bridget bae claudia bae trevor bae adam2 bae mayo bae keith bae

06-17-2012, 05:25 PM	#32
lumphoboextreme FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age: 33 Posts: 8,592	Re: PC on or off My uptime is only 2 hours 16 minutes. :( I guess I shut down my comp a lot. __________________

06-18-2012, 09:46 AM	#34
rushyrulz Digital Dancing! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 80 billion club, NE Age: 31 Posts: 12,980	Re: PC on or off I don't shut off every night, but I restart for updates and shit. __________________

06-18-2012, 07:10 PM	#36
Reincarnate x'); DROP TABLE FFR;-- Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 6,332	Re: PC on or off never skimp on the power supply and like 80% of your problems will go away

06-18-2012, 10:08 PM	#37
wargasm1 Cowbelling FFR Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 95 Posts: 1,289	Re: PC on or off i let my pc on but it has a power saving mode to it so after 30 minutes its 90% off, until i touch anything then its 100% on again.

06-19-2012, 03:43 AM	#39
DarknessXoXLight sonder Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago Age: 31 Posts: 2,279	Re: PC on or off I leave my desktop on until my room gets to like 147 degrees, but during the winter it never goes off. My laptop I hibernate every night though~ rarely ever fully shut it down. __________________

10-2-2012, 06:23 AM	#40
G.S.M He is watching Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Age: 35 Posts: 1,056	Re: PC on or off I have been shutting off my computers for about two decades now and never had any issues. In fact i still have one of my computers from 1995 with all the original parts with a video card from 1999 still have original though. Honestly see off as the better option __________________ "Someone once said, 'Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its own judgments'."

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