Is turning on my computer 1-3 times a day within 1-5 hour periods alright for my computer to handle?
I got it 6 months ago and I don't want to break it. Already had atleast 8 broken.
If anything, keeping your computer powered on for long times is better than switching it off and on continuously. However, every computer should be able to handle being powered on a few times a day just fine.
The fact that you've "broken" so many computers already is a bit strange though. What do you mean, broken? There are so many things that can go wrong on a computer that "broken" is anything but a descriptive term.
Mainly for the hard drives. Spinning up many times taxes the motor inside much more than keeping it a stable RPM for a long time.
Thats true but rebooting is important for the operation of the operating system itself, if you leave your computer on for long periods of time the performance starts to slowly decrease, it always needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is true that it can wear out the motor but it is not like it is a big issue, other things would fail before then, or most likely an upgrade.
Thats true but rebooting is important for the operation of the operating system itself, if you leave your computer on for long periods of time the performance starts to slowly decrease, it always needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is true that it can wear out the motor but it is not like it is a big issue, other things would fail before then, or most likely an upgrade.
I find the best way to speed up my PC after a long period of time of being on is to close all open applications, restart the explorer.exe process then let it sit for 5mins. Doesn't hurt to get off for a bit anyway
Thats true but rebooting is important for the operation of the operating system itself, if you leave your computer on for long periods of time the performance starts to slowly decrease, it always needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is true that it can wear out the motor but it is not like it is a big issue, other things would fail before then, or most likely an upgrade.
Well as I said, if anything, it's better to leave it turned on for long times (I didn't really mean leaving it running for days, weeks or months after each other, even though it would probably not really matter), what I wanted to say is that it's better to just start up your computer in the morning and shut it down in the evening than to start it up every time you want to use it and shut it down afterwards (provided you want to use it multiple times a day of course).
Thats true but rebooting is important for the operation of the operating system itself, if you leave your computer on for long periods of time the performance starts to slowly decrease, it always needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is true that it can wear out the motor but it is not like it is a big issue, other things would fail before then, or most likely an upgrade.
I find that really only happens with Windows. I've got Ubuntu running my Minecraft server and I leave it on 24/7. It gets slow while the server is actually running but if I stop the server (but leave the computer on) it gets to be as fast as it was when I installed it.
I also leave my Windows PC on for a long time, after about 3 days I need to restart it (with my Linux PC I don't ever need to restart it :P).
So it really depends on the OS and the things you've got installed.
I find that really only happens with Windows. I've got Ubuntu running my Minecraft server and I leave it on 24/7. It gets slow while the server is actually running but if I stop the server (but leave the computer on) it gets to be as fast as it was when I installed it.
I also leave my Windows PC on for a long time, after about 3 days I need to restart it (with my Linux PC I don't ever need to restart it ).
So it really depends on the OS and the things you've got installed.
Is turning on my computer 1-3 times a day within 1-5 hour periods alright for my computer to handle?
I got it 6 months ago and I don't want to break it. Already had atleast 8 broken.
So forums, Answer that question.
As long as your not pulling out the plug or switching the power button off, but rather doing it by going to Start > Shutdown, there is nothing wrong
As long as your not pulling out the plug or switching the power button off, but rather doing it by going to Start > Shutdown, there is nothing wrong
There's nothing wrong with using the power button in any situation, and pulling the plug or switching off the PSU only hurts while in the process of writing a file to the disk (and even then it's usually not a problem).
Just woke up, thanks alright.
When I talked about the broken computers I meant like my brothers spilling things on them, raging...
Lol they're dumb. Thanks for the help you guys.
Just woke up, thanks alright.
When I talked about the broken computers I meant like my brothers spilling things on them, raging...
Lol they're dumb. Thanks for the help you guys.
You should keep your computer away from your genius brothers unless its a family shared computer.
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There's nothing wrong with using the power button in any situation, and pulling the plug or switching off the PSU only hurts while in the process of writing a file to the disk (and even then it's usually not a problem).
Shutting down by holding the power button or shutting down the PSU is bad for the OS as it doesn't shutdown properly, meaning some programs wont have saved properly and stuff. It's not a huge deal imo, I do it occassionally when I need to like if my computer freezes or for whatever other reason (only hold down the power button though, I never use the switch on the PSU).
I got it 6 months ago and I don't want to break it.
Already had atleast 8 broken.
So forums, Answer that question.
The fact that you've "broken" so many computers already is a bit strange though. What do you mean, broken? There are so many things that can go wrong on a computer that "broken" is anything but a descriptive term.
errr... why?
Mainly for the hard drives. Spinning up many times taxes the motor inside much more than keeping it a stable RPM for a long time.
Thats true but rebooting is important for the operation of the operating system itself, if you leave your computer on for long periods of time the performance starts to slowly decrease, it always needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is true that it can wear out the motor but it is not like it is a big issue, other things would fail before then, or most likely an upgrade.
I find the best way to speed up my PC after a long period of time of being on is to close all open applications, restart the explorer.exe process then let it sit for 5mins. Doesn't hurt to get off for a bit anyway
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I find that really only happens with Windows. I've got Ubuntu running my Minecraft server and I leave it on 24/7. It gets slow while the server is actually running but if I stop the server (but leave the computer on) it gets to be as fast as it was when I installed it.
I also leave my Windows PC on for a long time, after about 3 days I need to restart it (with my Linux PC I don't ever need to restart it :P).
So it really depends on the OS and the things you've got installed.
It also happens with OS X.
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(*hasn't used OS X so I know nothing about it*)
As long as your not pulling out the plug or switching the power button off, but rather doing it by going to Start > Shutdown, there is nothing wrong
There's nothing wrong with using the power button in any situation, and pulling the plug or switching off the PSU only hurts while in the process of writing a file to the disk (and even then it's usually not a problem).
Yes you could, I just prefer to keep my PC running as it would take longer to restart.
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When I talked about the broken computers I meant like my brothers spilling things on them, raging...
Lol they're dumb. Thanks for the help you guys.
Shutting down by holding the power button or shutting down the PSU is bad for the OS as it doesn't shutdown properly, meaning some programs wont have saved properly and stuff. It's not a huge deal imo, I do it occassionally when I need to like if my computer freezes or for whatever other reason (only hold down the power button though, I never use the switch on the PSU).