They could be set from 30 min. to never turn off. your recomendation
2007-12-23 20:47:01 · 7 answers · asked by Joseph C 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
it is safe to leave your hard drive on always. remember that servers are on 24/7 so hard drives can handle the work.
monitors can also be left on but to save energy and the monitors useful life i turn it off when not in use.
2007-12-23 21:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always turn the monitor off. The setting really depends on you, but if I am away for 5 minutes it usually means that i am going to be away for a while, so I set my timer short. Even if I come back it only takes a second or so for the monitor to come back on.
Hard drives are more interesting. There are some drives that are better left on continuously because they tend to have stiction failures, where the head gets stuck to the platters. Others the bearings tend to fail, so it is better to spin them down.
Unfortunately you need to know the failure trend for your drives and the manufacturers don't really want to give out that information. At a guess, if your hard drives wine, spin them down, if they are quiet leave them going.
2007-12-24 06:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with Spooky - if not used i manual switch off the LCD monitor. I may even schedule a virus/spyware/adware/defrag while i'm off the comp hehe
2007-12-24 06:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by darthgeeku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set your computer to hibernate---it will take care of the off and on stuff.
Its not a good idea to keep turning it off and on---Can't get updates if its off- can't run virus scans if its off.
Most things like defrag- they are set to work while you sleep.
2007-12-24 06:17:07 · answer #4 · answered by SFC V 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
preserve the performance of your HD by turning it off. Turning off the screen HELPS STOP GLOBAL WARMING.
2007-12-24 05:29:25 · answer #5 · answered by mattjlew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I leve my hard drive on all the time, I manualy shut down my moniter when i am not using my machine.
hope this helps.
2007-12-24 04:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its better u shut down ur monitor whn not n use
2007-12-24 04:52:00 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋