June 21, 2011
What is the best mode to leave your computer in overnight?
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Question by ladywisdom: What is the best mode to leave your computer in overnight?
They say it’s not good to shutdown your computer everyday or leave idle. I use my computer everyday for 4 to 5 hours and I don’t have a sleep mode. My Dell computer has these choices: log-off,shut down,standby, and hibernate. which is the best for my computer? I’ll save energy from another source.
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Answer by xxxnullifierxxx
shutdown.
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June 21st, 2011 at 1:16 am
shut it down its bad for pc to stay overnight
June 21st, 2011 at 1:37 am
My computer does better if I just leave it up overnight. I only turn off the monitor. I have scheduled a lot of stuff to update during the night so I’m not inconvenienced by it during the day: my daily backup, iTunes updates, my anti-virus, etc.
June 21st, 2011 at 2:10 am
i dont see how leaving it on is so bad. besides at least it can auto update and scan and defrag ect @ night when your sleeping. but if you must shut it down. theres nothing wrong with that.
June 21st, 2011 at 2:44 am
It would probably be best to just shut it down. I find myself guilty of just shutting the lid (which puts it in hibernate) a lot of times. But If you have it Running 24/7 ,even if its in hibernate, then you might ware out the battery if it’s a laptop. If it’s a desktop computer (I’m not sure if the newer ones have a sleep mode) then you probably have the risk of it overheating. But it wouldn’t be so bad to do it a couple times a week.
June 21st, 2011 at 2:48 am
if you absolutely have to turn it off i would say shutdown
June 21st, 2011 at 3:34 am
Shutdown is perfectly fine.
“They say its not good to…”
Who’s “they”?
I bet it does not say that in your computer manual. This is just one of those things people say. Some people (they) just like to make up extra rules about stuff. I have had a PC at home since 1992. I ALWAYS switch it off overnight.
One poster recently said “switching your PC off overnight reduces its lfe by 1 hour”. Well, this sounds like a very good deal because leaving it running overnight reduces its life by 8 hours.
June 21st, 2011 at 3:49 am
The computer’s best way to save energy is to shut down your system and unplug it from the power line with a switch or manually.
Overnight if totally idle, can get overheated, and the HDD can obtain some bad clusters, or corrupt data…
Do not leave the PC on if no serious activity for it is left to do. Just make shure the HDD will not be idle for that time you are away or asleep.
I’ve seen my friends have computer problems the other day when they left their pc on for useless reasons, and called upon me to fix serious problems. Most of them whore HDD, but GOD knows that other bad things can happen, like a fire…
So do shut down your pc every time you go away or to sleep.
June 21st, 2011 at 4:38 am
there is absolutely no reason to leave your computer on when not using it.
Leaving it on just waste electricity and creates a dirty mess inside.
With all the fans running it is constantly pulling air the the case acting like a dust filter which will lead to a very dirty machine. Dirt buildup leads to extra heat which will shorten the life of computer components. I have seen cpu’s overheat and fry along with video cards. If you smoke its even worse.
June 21st, 2011 at 4:51 am
Turning a Windows system “OFF” (from ‘Start> Turn Off Computer…’ button) is not the best way to put your system away for the night (or extended periods) and forcing a shutdown with the power button is NEVER a good option; only a last resort.
It prevents Windows from ‘housekeeping’ system files to get ready for the next start-up, and may, over time, cause file corruption; slow down; even break Windows.
A much better method is ‘Hibernation’.
Shutdowns using the ‘hibernate’ method gives several benefits: It’s a near zero power state; all ‘Startup’ folder items are already loaded, Windows background services are already ‘up’, and all open work moves to the hard drive, yielding really fast start-ups.
And if power is lost (storms, etc.) the document or picture you were working on won’t be lost like it would be in ‘Standby’ mode, and the system will resume just where you left it.
Go to Start> Control Panel> Power Options> Hibernate: here check the box.
To show this option when turning unit off; Start> Turn Off Computer> HOLD down ‘Shift’ key & ‘Standby’ becomes “Hibernate’: tick that.
(Some systems have a ‘crescent moon’ key to go right to hibernate).
Note: emergency power disconnect can be done without any affect on the system, but unfiltered power spikes will likely cause damage to the system.
To start up, push the power button, and Windows will resume right where you left it, bada bing.
June 21st, 2011 at 5:32 am
“They say it’s not good to shutdown your computer everyday or leave idle.”
“They” are wrong. Still stuck in the early 1980s, I’m afraid.
Here’s the order of preference:
1. Shut down
2. Hibernate
3. Standby
4. On