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| Thread ID: 108986 | 2010-04-19 09:23:00 | How many times a day do you reboot your computer? | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 878079 | 2010-04-22 08:44:00 | Is it true that if you restart your PC several times per day, you will damage the components within the PC? | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 878080 | 2010-04-22 09:05:00 | I don't think it's likely, not with modern components. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 878081 | 2010-04-22 09:35:00 | Depends what you mean by restart. If you do a soft restart by telling windows to "restart" the system stays running the whole way through. If you shut it off and then turn back on you will be reducing the life of some components eg: hard drive by increasing the spinup count, head load count etc or PSU with high inrush current at start (although if that shortens life is a matter of debate) But then to leave them powered on will decrease life anyway as they are staying on, really it's probably the same either way |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 878082 | 2010-04-22 09:51:00 | But then to leave them powered on will decrease life anyway as they are staying on, really it's probably the same either way Dammed if you do, dammed if you dont. |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 878083 | 2010-04-22 10:02:00 | My bog standard XP server has been on for about 100 days, still running without problem...Except it must be vulnerable to attack because you haven't rebooted to apply security patches ... I turn off my computers every night. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 878084 | 2010-04-22 10:13:00 | My computer is turned off every night. | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 878085 | 2010-04-22 11:29:00 | My mac is switched off every night... and only need to reboot if there's any software updates that needs to be rebooted. | PiscesKiwi (7911) | ||
| 878086 | 2010-04-22 12:18:00 | Except it must be vulnerable to attack because you haven't rebooted to apply security patches ... I turn off my computers every night. Didn't think of that one - good point |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 878087 | 2010-04-22 23:44:00 | Xubuntu box - once a month. | pkm (13527) | ||
| 878088 | 2010-04-23 02:47:00 | I reboot my MacBook Air around every 10 days (obviously its in sleep mode when not in use) and my iMac every 30 or so days (runs 24/7/365). | maccrazy (6741) | ||
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