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Anonymous   11-05-2001 at 04:46:00 AM

i know it might be a silly question, but do you veteren guys leave your computer on 24/7 and with witch power management scheme?

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btvillarin   11-05-2001 at 05:03:46 AM
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I'm not veteran, but I disable all power schemes, actually. And whenever I leave my computer on, I just make sure to turn that off, because it uses the most power.

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peteb   11-05-2001 at 05:36:25 AM
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Only thing I do is to have the monitors power off after 20 mins. My PCs all run 24x7.

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bront   11-05-2001 at 05:52:30 AM
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I leave my computer on 24x7. It turns out that your computer goes through enough power when you first turn it on to run it for 18-20 hours, so it's actualy saving power by not powering it on and turning it off constantly. I have my monitor turn off after an hour, though I usually turn it off myself before that.

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CoOLMaNX   11-05-2001 at 08:04:01 AM
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I leave my computer running 24/7 also, and turn off the monitors only. But occasionally i run into some slow downs, then we reboot :)

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Negaverse23   11-05-2001 at 08:14:20 AM
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I turn my PC off just before I go to bed. Sometime I leave it running for a few days straight for the P2P file sharing programs. The only power management scheme that I use is turn off monitor after 15 minutes in the Windows power management program. Running Win98SE.

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CALV   11-05-2001 at 12:40:40 PM
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I leave 2 on, turn others off, leave on my linux firewall/router- if I dont then no other pc's can get online, also leave on the 2k system- this goes off and theres no printer, theres also a lot of shared stuff on this box, my main one goes off though, dunno why really, the kids also goes off when not in use. LOL, I often check mail in the morning before work, then leave the pc on all day, few hours on it at night and then off- bit pointless really.


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jlbigguy   11-05-2001 at 02:49:16 PM
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<font color=blue>"It turns out that your computer goes through enough power when you first turn it on to run it for 18-20 hours"</font color=blue>

Where did you come by this information? No offense, but it sounds far fetched to me.

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ycs46241   11-05-2001 at 03:08:39 PM
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leaving on is the better choice but shut off monitor, and under advance tab you can choose hard drive shut down and stanby mode you can use those as well

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bront   11-05-2001 at 03:50:39 PM
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I read it several years ago (10 maybe). Perhaps things have changed. I'll do some research and see if I can find any more info on it.

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bront   11-05-2001 at 03:53:59 PM
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NEVER shut down your HD. It will cause system lockups quite often. Most versions of Win98 can't restart from a system/HD powerdown. HDs generaly stop spinning when not in use, and that consumes most of the power, so it realy is pointless to do so anyway.

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vader1882   11-05-2001 at 09:28:10 PM
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Whenever I put my computer into stand by i have to reboot
it just to get it out of standby.

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vader1882   11-05-2001 at 09:28:44 PM
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Whenever I put my computer into stand by i have to reboot
it just to get it out of standby. in windows me

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Kelledin   11-05-2001 at 09:44:18 PM
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Only system I have that doesn't stay up constantly is my laptop. Laptop's also the only one that uses power management.

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