How long is too long to leave a computer on??

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grazhopper

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In general how long is too long to leave a computer on for before the parts get overheated or damaged? I'm not really asking for too specific just on average.
 
Well you have a nice case and probably sufficent cooling. Once you leave it on for a certain amount of time it will probably shut itself off or hibernate or standby. I dont see why you couldnt just leave it sitting there for a week at a time.
 
wow.. I'm glad i asked because I've been really consiencious(dunno how to spell that) about leaving my comp on. Thankx ;)
 
i left my computer for a week without a restart :)
and for more with restarting ....
it's no big deal and i have stock cooling and a crappy PSU
here it is :D
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and a friend of mine even got it for 9 days :) (we keep records :D)

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shadyi said:
and a friend of mine even got it for 9 days :) (we keep records :D)

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your friend has just cheated you, connected for 9 days, ok, thats more than possible, not a problem, but just take a look at the packets sent and recieved.... that connection has been on for a max of about 10 hours... unless your friend makes a habit of turning his PC on, then not touching a single thing, blocking every program from internet access and just letting it sit... no way in hell is that right.... i hear the clickety click of a photoshop mouse....

dragon
 
bigsaucybob said:
Well you have a nice case and probably sufficent cooling. Once you leave it on for a certain amount of time it will probably shut itself off or hibernate or standby. I dont see why you couldnt just leave it sitting there for a week at a time.
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Why do you say it will shut off?

It really doesnt get much hotter after being on for a day than if it was on for a few hours. The longest time i kept my computer on for was about 18 days or so, i only had to restart it because i installed some new programs

dragon2309 said:
your friend has just cheated you, connected for 9 days, ok, thats more than possible, not a problem, but just take a look at the packets sent and recieved.... that connection has been on for a max of about 10 hours... unless your friend makes a habit of turning his PC on, then not touching a single thing, blocking every program from internet access and just letting it sit... no way in hell is that right.... i hear the clickety click of a photoshop mouse....

dragon
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Whenever you put your computer in standby and then resume it, the time connected stays the same but the packets get cleared.
 
Parts won't overheat unless you have a serious cooling problem. Even with stock cooling, simply sitting idle you should be able to leave the PC on for weeks at a time. It may bog down if you're constantly saving stuff and doing alot of intense work, but thats not the question :P

Just don't leave the monitor on for that long. Burned in images are a pain.
 
[ Whenever you put your computer in standby and then resume it, the time connected stays the same but the packets get cleared.
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that maybe the case but putting your PC into standby doesnt exactly fit in with the rules of keeping your PC on for the longest time.... cos its in standby, surely thats cheating....

dragon
 
dragon2309 said:
your friend has just cheated you, connected for 9 days, ok, thats more than possible, not a problem, but just take a look at the packets sent and recieved.... that connection has been on for a max of about 10 hours... unless your friend makes a habit of turning his PC on, then not touching a single thing, blocking every program from internet access and just letting it sit... no way in hell is that right.... i hear the clickety click of a photoshop mouse....

dragon
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no he didnt
he doesnt have internet connection :)
that's all
 
I had a PIII rig that I didn't care about, ran W2K Server, I had it on for Several months at a time, never went down.
 
We use to never turn off the downstairs dell unless it had some serious crash, we've left it on months at a time without issues.
 
I don't leave my main one on because it's in my bedroom, and it's too loud to sleep with. My parents, for leaving theirs on forever at a time, it now has on and off high pitched buzzing sounds, I gotta fix it for them somehow.
 
It seems like each person contiunes to beat the next.

i had mine on for close to two months and had no problems.
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I had a PIII rig that I didn't care about, ran W2K Server, I had it on for Several months at a time, never went down.
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We use to never turn off the downstairs dell unless it had some serious crash, we've left it on months at a time without issues.
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Well, I had some computer that I left on for two years. Any takers?
 
bigsaucybob said:
It seems like each person contiunes to beat the next.







Well, I had some computer that I left on for two years. Any takers?
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Several months, I just said that because it was a fileserver system. If I ran my day to day applications on it, (aka my desktop), it would be too slow to operate after more than a week (longest my desktops ever been)
 
I think it's hard to keep a computer on for that amount of time, mainly because if you install something it needs to be restarted for some programs. And most likely your computer will turn off from a power outage or surge.
 
The only time my computer is turned off is uring power outages and matince, other then that it stays on for months at a time. No problems, I have a nice heatsink and fan for my CPU and i dont have any overheating problems.
 
I turn my laptop off at night. Being new I'm paranoid it will overheat. Even though I gamed on it for a good 2-3 hours straight and the keyboard was barely even warm. It's got a pretty good cooling solution, vents all along the bottom and the risers along the bottom also help.
 
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