If you have used your PC for hours and want an hour's break, is it better for the PC to turn it off or not?
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yes the Tower is referred to as the CPU[Central Processing Unit] \n\nthat is in technical parlance\n\ngood luck\n\n\nRegarding the power surge, i have an UPS[Uninterupted Power Supply] which not only protects my pc from frequent power loss and of course from fluctuations\n\nyou can also try power surge protectors, instead of leaving them on\n\n\nremember..turning your pc not only savees your computer and tvs from burn out\n\nit also saves power
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Yes. Assuming you have a PC: Go to your Control Panel and open Power Options. You can change the settings for your sytem's stand-by and hibernate options, or turn them off completely.
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Turning the fan off is not a good idea. If your computer does not get a good ventelation,then you can really hurt performance or even damage some parts.\nHere iswhat you need to do. Open the case and make sure there is no dust. Also get some compressed air and clean the fan and internal parts. If thats how loud the fan was initially there is little you can do.  If not, something could be broken. Also makesure the computer is not agains any walls so there is a good place for the hot air to go. Also make sure the fan is securily attached and is not shaking.\n\nI
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Unplug the power cord from the back of the PC, leave it unplugged for 30 seconds.  Plug it back in and turn on the PC, then turn off power save and hibernate.\n\nGood luck HTH!
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yes.  \n\nturning off the monitor will not affect ANYTHING and you can always turn it back on.  \n\never played video games as a kid and had to pause for dinner, and turned off the tv? =)
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On older computers turning it off shut off ALL power to the system.  The starting "surge" shortened the "life expectancy" of  many parts, mostly the power supply capacitors.\n\nOn newer systems, ATX and later, power is NEVER removed completely from the system except with the power supply switch, (on the power supply,) or unplugging the system, and the answer is NO.  (I turn my systems on and off as much as 5-10 times a day, depending on which systems I am using at the moment, I have SEVERAL!!)\n\nTurning a system off and on should NOT affect the speed of operation.\n\nPossibly you should check for viruses, spyware, and/or other malware that may be running.  MANY game sites install some type of "monitoring" software without your knowledge that runs in the "background".\n\nAlso, games tend to cause lots of "cycling" of files to and from the HD and result in fragmentation of the files which DOES slow a system after a while due to reduced free space and/or increased search times for the game files.  Suggest you "defrag" the system, and see if this helps.
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Indefinitely, There is no harm in it. I haven't switched off my pc from last 6 months.\n\nCongrats on coming to level 3
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What ever you decide to do, do NOT leave your computer running all the time for no good reason.\n\n1> Would you leave your car running all the time just because your starter or other parts might wear out from turning it on or off?\n\n2> Your computer uses the equivalent of 3-5 light bulbs of electricity. You wouldn't leave 5 lights on in your house all the time without a good reason.\n\n3> Sleep mode stores everything. When the computer "wakes up" it comes back with everything that is in memory (good and bad...) If there was an error in its memory, that comes back too. When you reboot, everything loads fresh.\n\n4> Hibernate is a little better than sleep.  Hardware has a hard time waking up from sleep a lot of times.  Hibernate effectively turns off the hardware completely while it is off.  I like hibernate a lot better than sleep or standby.\n\n5>  Shut your computer down when you are going to be away from it for a long time.  You decide what a "long time" means to you. It's okay if you leave it on all day or for a few hours at a time... Just don't leave it on if you aren't going to be using it.\n\n6> Keep in mind that electronics hate heat.  The hotter they get, the worse they run.  Leaving your computer on all the time subjects it to heat that it just doesn't need.  Under normal conditions, heat isn't a big problem:  The computer deals with it with fans.  However the longer you leave your computer on, the less normal the conditions become.
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You never turn off a PC by the switch or by unplugging it. You risk corrupting the hard drive. Which is what probably happened.\n\nYou may have no choice but to format and re-load.
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I recommend leaving it on, provided--\n- If you are connected to the internet full time, you  have good up-to-date security software (firewall (software and on router), anitvirus, and spyware.  As added security, when not running scheduled updates over internet, many modems have an off switch; turn it off when not actively using the internet.\n- If you have an UPS.  While lightening over lines connected to the computer can destroy parts of it, a good surge protector works wonders--most of the time.  The UPS also answers the problem of low voltage spikes.  When the voltage drops and comes back up, without a UPS, your computer starts to turn off.  When the voltage kicks back in, the drive restarts after slowing which is hard on the drive.
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I use a laptop and seldom switch it off.Usually like for and hour or two in a week..But it runs perfect and is not slow at all..I live in canada and tend to keep my window open ..Now it is winter and I havent switched off my notebook for 1 week..The room temperature has been varying between -2 to +2 degree C..depending on the time of the day..
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Turn your computer off.....duh.
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turn off your computer
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It depends if you need it on all night. If you're doing some maintenance, from time to time, it's okay to leave your computer running all night? Why would you want to leave it running otherwise? Your computer isn't going to last forever. Leaving it running 24 hours a day, seven days a week is just a waste of energy and your computer, if you ask me.
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Only if you dont restart or shut down your computer can you avoid that welcome windows. \nIf your Compputer can start in hibernation mode, then instead of shutting down your PC, put it in hibernation mode. \nBut that means ur computer is like on 24-7. it takes less power, but its still on! and some times you have to restart wen you install something!!\n\nIn a Hurry, Use HIBBERNATION
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Depending on how much you "strain" your computer, the RAM will get more and more fragmented thus the performance will get worse.\nIf you don't need your computer running at night time, shut it down! This will save energy and spare the components.\n\nThere is still a common misbelief that turning the computer off and on will lead to a higher power consumption caused by the boot process. Not with todays computers!
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Since you only use it a few times a day and being a laptop I would say the best thing for you to do is to Hibernate it.  This will turn the laptop off but will write all the running applications to the hard drive so Windows can be resumed faster than if you just shut it down.  Hibernate uses no power and is very similar to standby except standby maintains power to the memory so Winodws will resume even faster than if you had just put it in Standby.  If you are going to walk away for just a few minutes, leave it on.\n\nTo be even more power conscious you could put it in Hibernate and then unplug it.  If you don't know (because I can never tell) hold down shift at the shutdown menu to get the Hibernate option.  But when you are done using it for the day, shut it down.