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What's your computer's longest uptime?

I switch it off when I'm finished using it
7 (41.2%)
I switch it off when I go out/at night
1 (5.9%)
1 day
1 (5.9%)
2-10 days
5 (29.4%)
11-30 days
0 (0%)
31-100 days
0 (0%)
100-200 days
0 (0%)
200+ days
3 (17.6%)

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    Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
    « Reply #15 on: December 29, 2006, 05:15:47 PM »
    Actually I heard the act of turning off/turning on your computer does slight damage and your computer will live longer if you leave it running continuously (assuming it's not overheating etc of course!) Not sure if that's true or rubbish though.
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      Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
      « Reply #16 on: December 29, 2006, 05:28:31 PM »
      Well, it uses it up like all electrical connections, but other than wearing out the switch after 10 years or so, nothing bad happens, as far as I know; I could be wrong about that, but I'm fairly certain I'm not. I've been using computers since a little before my first birthday (I have video of it, no lie; even I didn't know 'till I saw it), and of all the many problems I've had, the power switch isn't one of them.

      Weeellll, except on the E-Machine. But that's different. ;)
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      Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
      « Reply #17 on: December 29, 2006, 05:44:47 PM »
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      How often does your computer go down on you?

      this quote means something ALOT different where i live. i found it kind of funny. :D

      The reference to the old joke was intended as a way of catching people's attention.

      Funnily enough one of my former senior managers in the customer service division came up with an interesting variation ...

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      Q: What's the similarity between a server and a woman?
      A: First they go down on you, and then after a couple of hours frantic activity, your expected to get it up again
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      Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
      « Reply #18 on: December 29, 2006, 05:58:34 PM »
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      Actually I heard the act of turning off/turning on your computer does slight damage and your computer will live longer if you leave it running continuously (assuming it's not overheating etc of course!) Not sure if that's true or rubbish though.

      I know that turning on/off your HDD does cause it damage. In order to avoid the disk heads sticking to the surface of the disk with surface tension, your HDD has to park the heads in an abrasive area of the disk platters. I'm not sure about the comparitive wear and tear on the spindle through keeping it spiining though.

      Also, I remember in the late 80's that Quantum had a problem with their 105Mb SCSI disks. They used a spindle grease with the wrong melting point, so whenever you turned the computer off the grease set and the HDD wouldn't spin up again. It meant I had to go around every SPARCstation-1 server after a power cut "physically booting" the HDDs. (Actually, I was a bit more gentle than that - I just spun them a quick quater turn in my hand, and that freed the grease).
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      Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
      « Reply #19 on: December 29, 2006, 06:03:35 PM »
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      OK, but if that's what you want, it doesn't get conveyed very well because your question and response choices are not logically worded.  You seem to asking what is the longest time our computer run without freezing, crashing, etc.  At least, that's the way I see it.

      I didn't want to be too specific, so I've probably got the wording all wrong. Anyway, its got people talking  ;D
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        Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
        « Reply #20 on: December 29, 2006, 06:05:15 PM »


        Use that one if you're the latest poster. :)
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #21 on: December 29, 2006, 06:34:32 PM »
          I sometimes leave my computer on for days at a time. specifically when I download linux distros.
          « Last Edit: December 29, 2006, 06:34:46 PM by linuxlover »
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #22 on: December 29, 2006, 07:10:40 PM »
          No hard drive jokes, please.  :o
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #23 on: December 30, 2006, 05:25:36 AM »
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          No hard drive jokes, please.  :o

           ;D Temptations of evil. >:( ;D


          I don't have a computer.....Only this wireless thing, and a modem
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #24 on: December 30, 2006, 05:33:03 AM »
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          I always shut my laptop down after I'm finished using it.

          Me too. I suppose I could leave it on longer, but there's no point other than to show off uptime. :)
          Exactly.
          I have heat problems with mine too, so I prefer to leave it off when possible.
          I like to think it'll last longer too.

          So Calum my friend. Have you tried a cooler?You wouldn't want your laptop
          to go down on you. :-? ;D

          http://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=2111
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #25 on: December 30, 2006, 07:20:18 AM »
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          I always shut my laptop down after I'm finished using it.

          Me too. I suppose I could leave it on longer, but there's no point other than to show off uptime. :)
          Exactly.
          I have heat problems with mine too, so I prefer to leave it off when possible.
          I like to think it'll last longer too.

          So Calum my friend. Have you tried a cooler?You wouldn't want your laptop
          to go down on you. :-? ;D

          http://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=2111
          Indeed I don't want my laptop, or any computer, going down on me.
          I'm looking into buying a cooler.
          And by the way - LOL at all the going down jokes.  Especially the server/woman one. ;D
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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #26 on: December 30, 2006, 08:47:45 AM »
          Somewhere in the great scheme of things something went wrong. :-? ;D



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          Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
          « Reply #27 on: December 30, 2006, 08:55:10 AM »
          Gilbert,I remember reading somewhere...............

          If a computer is shutdown and reheats over and over it effects the
          heatsink to cpu thermal paste.

          Maybe,I change mine everytime I clean my computer.

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            Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
            « Reply #28 on: December 30, 2006, 09:22:39 AM »
            I don't get it. They've never gone down on me before. Or at least, one of the two hasn't ;)
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              Re: How often does your computer go down on you?
              « Reply #29 on: December 30, 2006, 09:32:22 AM »
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              Gilbert,I remember reading somewhere...............

              If a computer is shutdown and reheats over and over it effects the
              heatsink to cpu thermal paste.

              Maybe,I change mine everytime I clean my computer.

              EDIT: Sorry,Should have addressed you as Dilbert.

              Please Forgive! :-?

              Hmm. I don't know, my CPU never overheats. One of the fringe benefits of having money (well, I did, it's all invested in the PC now) is a really cool box that shows the CPU temp. I'm sitting pretty at 30 C.
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