Continuously running PC?

[Choto Cheeta]

non stop highest my pc run for 10 Days and 11 hours... before power went off and i wasnt home USP low bat allert hibernated my system ....

Power problem is only enemy for me keeping the system 24x7 on... though we have one inverter but family watches a lot of TV so they force me not to run PC on Inverter... .. thinking for getting a long bat life UPS for me so.. truly i can go 24x7....

 

[cooljeba]

due to the power cut problem i turn off the system when I am not at home. If I am at home i don't waste important cpu cycles
i keep downloading stuffs running out of hdd space here lol..

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

 

[da_tcpip]

i ususally keep my pc runnnin 4-5 days at a stretch and shut it down only when i install some new app which requires a reboot .. damn windows
one day when i become fluent in ubuntu.. am gonna throw all the xp cd/dvd that i have gatehered

 

[NikhilVerma]

due to the power cut problem i turn off the system when I am not at home.

Same here I do keep my PC's running for 3~4 days in a row but sometimes a powercut is so long that I have to turn of the PC. Guys running PCs for 21 days straight should consider themselves lucky .... I get powercuts as long as 3 hrs here

 

[phreak0ut]

The max I've run my PC was probably for around 10+ hours mainly because of power cuts Also, PC is not in my room else I would have never switched it off. Just waiting to shift my PC to my room and do stuff which I'm prevented to do till now

 

[max_demon]

[offtopic]

i ususally keep my pc runnnin 4-5 days at a stretch and shut it down only when i install some new app which requires a reboot .. damn windows
one day when i become fluent in ubuntu.. am gonna throw all the xp cd/dvd that i have gatehered

Give the xp to me than [/offtopic]

 

[iMav]

^^ make a copy and send to me also

last i downloaded a very car racing game from the net reently for 8 days continuous .... i had to restart after that coz it started behaving wierd ... slow and all

 

[Jagannatha.BR]

yes that may harm your pc components by over heating you must have good ventilation for your pc cabinet using some extra fans

 

[Apollo]

All you need is some good cooling and ofcourse an interrupted power supply.

Hope you meant uninterrupted?

My PC stays on(/line) for about 12-16 hrs of the day, on an average. No problems. Of course it doesn't complain when it gets about 6-8 hrs of external air conditioning.

 

[Vyasram]

mine 16 hrs a day, sleep time 9 am to 5 pm when i'm not at home

 

[techno tublai]

How long can a PC be kept switched on?

Hello Here Guys.
Judging from the post you must have guessed my query. Well it is actually that. Generally my PC is hooked on to the internet for my downloading jobs or else I listen to music. Normally in these cases I keep my monitor switched off. Rarely I do CPU intensive jobs such as video encoding or playing a game. Sometimes my PC is on at a streach for more that 16 hours a day. Now guys, is this permissable to keep it on for so long? To add a fact, my processor does not heat up much and I have a well ventilated cabinet. But what about the issues of continious HDD useage and other similar stuff? Please reply and thnks in advance.

 

[ashisharya]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

if ur cabinet is well ventilated, then no probs for running pc too long. check ur hdd, processor temp and check whether they r at operating temp or not. if exceeded u may swith off pc

 

[shantanu]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

Thats ok coz i am using my pc from 12noon to 4 am means around 16hrs daily and many times if downloads are there then three- four days also downloaded FC6 from fedoracore redhat site .. 4 gb on a 115.2 kbps connection took three and haalf days continous without breakage..

 

[codename_romeo]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

my PC runs from morning 10 to 2 then from 3pm to night 4-5 a.m .......so i guess
18 hrs a day should be okie

 

[pra_2006]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

i use my PC for 14 hours evey day

 

[abhipal]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

The PC can be kept on for few days continuously but the ventilation must be proper.

 

[mehulved]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

I rarely switch off my PC. Only 2 components have failed till now SMPS and the power switch, ironically. So, with good SMPS, cooling and uninterrupted power supply, I don't see why you even need to switch off the PC, except to keep down electric bills

 

[shantanu]

Re: How long can a PC be kept switched on?

The PC can be kept on for few days continuously but the ventilation must be proper.

agree to that

 

[mehulved]

Just few days? I'd rather say few months.

 

[shantanu]

Just few days? I'd rather say few months.

sure i think got to give it a try HA HA HA