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| Thread ID: 116775 | 2011-03-19 18:10:00 | Ok Seriously how harmful is it to leave your PC | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 1187531 | 2011-03-19 22:51:00 | I reckon its the CPU fan, coz it only does it first thing in the morning, plus it does it really loud on a colder day...might put the vacuum on blow and blow it all out!! | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1187532 | 2011-03-19 22:56:00 | Can you turn them off??!! Mine only has a START button! ...lol | BigBadBob (14963) | ||
| 1187533 | 2011-03-20 05:40:00 | Most of the damage is done to electronic circuitry on power up. So if this was the only thing to consider, you would leave the PC going all the time. However leaving it on will use unnecessary power and as with any electronic device there is a small chance of it catching on fire. So I turn mine off when I am not using it especially if I am not at home. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1187534 | 2011-03-20 06:16:00 | My laptop is turned on when i wake up and turned off when i go to sleep. I haven't been on my main rig in ages. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1187535 | 2011-03-20 07:41:00 | I had a CPU fan in my well used Win98 machine that would make a racket upon startup - taking the case off revealled that it was barely turning when it was like this - so not a state to ignore or to put up with. My former workplace - they left the PCs on 24/7. The insides consequently became terribly dusty, and one even caught fire. Unbelievably, even after having one go up in smoke the needless 24/7 behaviour continued... it's like "what? Do you want the business to burn down?" Mine are off (including at the wall switch) whenever they're not serving any purpose. I can't understand why some folk fine it so challenging to turn things off! |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1187536 | 2011-03-20 07:45:00 | And how long had you had your pc for? About 5 years now. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1187537 | 2011-03-20 07:55:00 | No one seems to use sleep mode here? I sleep mine at night. Uses very little power and starts quickly. But the OP's problem is about fixing what is causing the noise. |
linw (53) | ||
| 1187538 | 2011-03-20 08:07:00 | Yeh I use standby mode at night when not on my pc. | bluezone (12434) | ||
| 1187539 | 2011-03-20 11:02:00 | SAME!! But... uhmm the reason I asked this question is that my PC makes a HELL of a noise when it first starts up in the morning! Especially when its cold in the house... It was fine over summer.. The PC in the lounge did this for a while, it was the el-cheapo case fans I had put in, I think it's that the lubricant gets quite thick in the cold and doesn't operate properly until the fan has been on for a while and it's warmed up and become more liquid. Most of the noise was actually the case panels vibrating rather than the fans themselves, seems they were chugging along just at the resonant frequency of the case or whatever. Most of the damage is done to electronic circuitry on power up. Yes, at power on everything is subject to more stress, of course the longer something runs the more it degrades too from use.... really you're screwed either way. Given a good quality system you could say that running 24/7 will be beneficial but then a good quality design with high quality components should be less prone to failure even at switch on anyway, so it probably cancels out. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1187540 | 2011-03-20 18:10:00 | I blew out the fans this morning before turning it on, after all the dust was out I turned it back on... same thing, makes noise, then after 20 to 30 sec its gone, am convinced its the CPU fan.. | mark1978 (13845) | ||
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