Is it safe to leave your desktop pc on 24-7 without powering it down,i dont turn my pc off very often except when i leave home for few days or so.
2006-12-29 10:42:25 · 6 answers · asked by johnnyBgood 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Depends on who you talk to and your connection to the internet.
Repair shops say leave them on (but they ARE repair shops) What better way to get business? That hard drive is rotating some 10,000 rpm. like a very fast record(and there is a couple of disks atop of each other in the HD)and running continuously. That is mechanical movement and all things that move wear out.
In the old days mid 70's there was no so to speak rom and all the information was forgotten as soon as you shut down the computer. When the computer was restarted, Installation disks had to be reinserted so that the working information was there. Disk after disk. Time consuming. So the machines were left on. Nowadays, it is not a big deal to shut down the machine for it keeps the start up information. Not a biggy. No different than a restart when you insert a program. It is good for the machine to reanalyze itself once in awhile and make things orderly.
That is what the on-off button is for. It is made for a million clicks, so when you hear of computers that last only 2 years B4 they crash(breakdown) know, those are the ones that are running constantly. I shut mine down after use and that may be only a couple of hours and turn it on again in the same day if I desire to do some more stuff. Leaving it on is like leaving the car idling in the driveway even though you are not gonna use it for the day.
Are you continuously connected to the internet -cable connection or DSL - always on?. Then your machine is open to backdoor viruses(which rove the internet like hoodlums roam the streets at night) these guys look for computers that are inactive...and work their way into the machine.
Saves burn out on the monitor(which is a big light bulb).
2006-12-29 11:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly each now and then it truly is perplexing to do away with virus' while they are on your pc. i'm getting virus' all the time (yeah, ok, I acquire too lots junk...)! besides the undeniable fact that a secure practices gadget is an extremely secure option, that's advisable to save a replica of your considerable records onto a memory stick or lower back-up disk (nonetheless each now and then that's perplexing simply by fact they could have been contaminated by utilising the meant virus), in simple terms in case you are able to desire to deliver your pc lower back to production unit settings (doing so might thoroughly wipe your information lower back to production unit settings - how your pc grow to be the 1st actual time you switched it on - additionally meaning it would wipe any hint of the virus). consistently do lower back-united statesregularly, or a minimum of with considerable counsel!
2016-10-28 16:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by nocera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can leave it on. There are several other questions like your on Yahoo answers. Just to a search for them and read the answers.
If you do leave the computer on just make sure you attach it to a good surge supressor.
2006-12-29 10:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pc /laptop on 24/7 no it is not safe to leave on why . power outage can kill it when power comes back goes off and back on again your wake up see ur pc is not on then ur find out that its dead
2006-12-29 10:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually it is better not to shut it off, it makes the solder joints on the components brittle, leading to component failure. the reason is because when it cools off the joints contract
2006-12-29 10:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by Herm 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont either......and mine has not had problems......YET....JK
2006-12-29 10:49:55 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Brittany♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋