computer running?

[crazyboy74]

does anyone ever keep their computer on for longer than 24hrs? cuz sometimes i forget to turn it off before i fall asleep. just wondering, thanx!!!

[drfsupercenter]

Yeah I keep mine running forever unless there is some reason to restart it (such as installing a program, or a program crash)

[Raven386]

you can adjust the settings so if the computer sits for an extended period of time it will go into sleep mode. i have mine set to go into sleep mode after 2 hours.... just incase im doing a dvd it doesnt stop in the middle of it.

[UncasMS]

does anyone ever keep their computer on for longer than 24hrs? cuz sometimes i forget to turn it off before i fall asleep. just wondering, thanx!!!

absolutely

one of my machines is running approx. 340 days/yr

longest time is has been running without a restart was some 80 days

right now it is 24+ days:

[drfsupercenter]

UncasMS, do you run a webserver?

[techreactor]

Well it makes sense to reboot your desktop once in a while, it refreshes the memory etc, otherwise no harm done in keeping in ON 24x7x365.

[Chewy]

1. voltage surges from electrical storms
2. accumulation of dust, lint, hair, etc

[Experi-Mentor]

as far hdd's are concerned, they should be kept running non-stop. most damage is done during cold start-ups. well, at least those were the tech-specs/guidelines from the 80's.

[UncasMS]

as far hdd's are concerned, they should be kept running non-stop. most damage is done during cold start-ups. well, at least those were the tech-specs/guidelines from the 80's.

and these are the corresponding drives:



with a 50kg drive you better keep it running as the startup takes tooooo much power

[Experi-Mentor]

i would think that this platter is from the 70's & would have been lucky to hold 1mb of data.
kinda pathetic when you think what's around theses days

[UncasMS]

one important aspect is DECENT cooling, which way to many users dont even think about

let alone those stupid folks assembling 3-4 drives above one another with only some milimeters of space between them

i have seen this too often without any kind of large fan cooling the rack and i always wondered how stupid one must be not to realize that harddrives heat up quite considerably when idling - i dont even want to think of hours of conversion/gaming and then add 2 or 3 drives to the necessary drive number 1 in anybodys pc and all that with no airflow and cooling

you'll end up with crashed heads and irreparable drives in no time

[Experi-Mentor]

the old "mfm" hdd's required a certain warmer temp before any data could be written/stored safely, & relied on a higher temp to maintain safe data storage.
but, when you think back how big those drives were (in thoses days), getting those drives to heat up was almost impossible.

[cynthia]

right now it is 24+ days:

What program/where in windows can you see that?

And that drive looks like the removable discs you used to have in Wang Minicomputersystems in the 80th's...

[LT. Columbo]

1. voltage surges from electrical storms
2. accumulation of dust, lint, hair, etc

i have a surge board installed--isn't that protection enough? we lost power last summer here 2 or 3 times from storms and no harm was done to the pc.
and i often have to un-clog the vents from lint, so i know what you mean there. (my pc hasn't been shut off for 2 years except for quick re-starts and those couple black outs)

[UncasMS]

What program/where in windows can you see that?

And that drive looks like the removable discs you used to have in Wang Minicomputersystems in the 80th's...

that tool is called StatBar

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you can, however, easily see this information in your taskmanager:




in order to see the uptime (which is different in my screenshot as it is a different machine):

- start taskmanager
- go to VIEW (or whatever it is called; it is "ansicht" in my screenshot)
- click the last entry (i wouldnt know the english let alone swedish task)
- in the next window add a checkmark to "cpu-time"


from now on your taskmanager will state the uptime under IDLE (leerlaufprozess) or whatever the name is