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October 22 2009 04:56 GMT
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
October 22 2009 04:57 GMT
#2
a few weeks at least
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Macavenger
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1132 Posts
October 22 2009 05:00 GMT
#3
I know I've run mine for at least a month straight before. I don't obsessively check my uptime though, so I can't give you a firm record. Took the laptop to school today, so right now it's only a few hours.
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
October 22 2009 05:04 GMT
#4
i've prbly left my comp on for about a week and a half at most

but i know this friend of mine who left his computer on for half a year after he finished building it; that happened like 4 years ago and everytime i go to his place i've never seen his computer shut off, so i dunno if he ever broke that 6 month record or if he ever broke his comp
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LorDo
Profile Joined December 2008
Sweden485 Posts
October 22 2009 05:07 GMT
#5
My last computer had some thing, it would automatically shut off after 42 days and 15 hours. So that was my old record. I think i managed that far about 3-4 times back then.

(07:05:33) (@LorDo) uptime: 5d 3h 44m 36s :: record: 3w 4d 2h 1s

For this computer (or actually only since last time I reinstalled Windows) I'm not sure I've ever beaten that 42 day streak actually.
CrimsonLotus
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Colombia1123 Posts
October 22 2009 05:12 GMT
#6
Wow, i left my computer on maybe 7 or 8 hours and i thought that was a lot.

Don't want to sound like a troll or something, but don't you think it's a little irresponsible to leave your computer on so much?, i'm not an eco nut or anything, but i don't know what's so hard about turning off your computer when you don't use it, just to save a little power.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
October 22 2009 05:14 GMT
#7
I knew some bot online that had the uptime of 2 years and change or something.
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TL.net Bot
Profile Joined June 2004
TL.net130 Posts
October 22 2009 05:14 GMT
#8
156 days, 21:31

Do I win?
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
October 22 2009 05:25 GMT
#9
1.5 months. i was running diablo 2 bots for fg. ^
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Macavenger
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1132 Posts
October 22 2009 05:29 GMT
#10
On October 22 2009 14:12 CrimsonLotus wrote:
Don't want to sound like a troll or something, but don't you think it's a little irresponsible to leave your computer on so much?, i'm not an eco nut or anything, but i don't know what's so hard about turning off your computer when you don't use it, just to save a little power.

Mind spends nights / other times I'm not using it in sleep mode, which takes almost no power at all.
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Profile Blog Joined June 2009
157 Posts
October 22 2009 05:35 GMT
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
October 22 2009 05:40 GMT
#12
On October 22 2009 14:14 TL.net Bot wrote:
156 days, 21:31

Do I win?


I hope so <3
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Profile Joined February 2009
Canada718 Posts
October 22 2009 05:41 GMT
#13
I don't leave PCs on for very long, but I do have a low-power ARM based server box that was approaching 400 days before I moved.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
October 22 2009 05:43 GMT
#14
I leave mine on for weeks at a time.
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MooCow
Profile Joined September 2008
1434 Posts
October 22 2009 05:43 GMT
#15
I keep mines on for about 3-5 days but I never really take it off, i just reboot it whenever
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xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-22 05:50:10
October 22 2009 05:47 GMT
#16
On October 22 2009 14:35 intruding wrote:
so basically letting a computer ON for a long ass time doesnt increase hardware failure? i think even read somewhere that the booting process is actually more likely to cause failure...so if you let a computer ON for months, you won't boot often..so you might be better off....

Leaving the computer on has a negligible effect on hardware failure. Booting process used to be harmful because of the stress on the components..........in the early 90s. Now you can turn it on and off as much as you want with no ill effects.

My computer is left on 100% of the time. I have gone several months without restarting.

prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
October 22 2009 05:49 GMT
#17
My computer is always on. It acts as a server too so I can't afford to have it turned off.
Oh no
Guilty
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada812 Posts
October 22 2009 05:56 GMT
#18
A cold start (pushing the power button to turn it on) is more harmful to your system than a warm boot (waking it up from sleep mode) and is more likely to cause hardware failure. Constantly surging it with electricity, as you do for a cold boot, is more damaging to the hardware components.

Generally i wouldnt worry too much about turning off your computer vs sleeping it a whole lot. Usually if somethings going to go wrong hardware-wise you'll run into it regardless of your power down routine. Personally i sleep my computer every night and only reboot it when updates require me to.
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
October 22 2009 06:21 GMT
#19
UpTime 336609 sec (3 days, 21 hours, 30 min, 9 sec) Currently.

Record probably ~ month.
BaltA
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Norway849 Posts
October 22 2009 06:28 GMT
#20
record... 1 month... Now : 7 days
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
October 22 2009 06:29 GMT
#21
On October 22 2009 14:14 TL.net Bot wrote:
156 days, 21:31

Do I win?

You don't count.
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sYz-Adrenaline
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1850 Posts
October 22 2009 06:30 GMT
#22
record - a little over 3 months <3
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
October 22 2009 06:31 GMT
#23
just set it so your harddrive spins down (assuming you have a separate storage hdd) when there's no activity for a while. i think it does affect your hdd life i've never had a harddrive fail on me ever and i always turn off my pc for the night (used to anyway). or maybe i'm just really lucky.
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haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
October 22 2009 06:52 GMT
#24
yma@yma-desktop:~$ uptime
17:53:44 up 29 days, 8:24, 3 users, load average: 0.35, 0.27, 0.22
yma@yma-desktop:~$


Before that, I restarted the computer for some minor configuration change.

There is a theory that electronic devices are designed to be switched on all the time as the surge of power when you turn something on does most of the damages to the computer.
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
October 22 2009 06:57 GMT
#25
i always turn mine off at night or when im going out
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pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
October 22 2009 07:05 GMT
#26
On October 22 2009 14:43 H wrote:
I leave mine on for weeks at a time.

thats because no one can be sure if your computer will ever turn back on
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disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
October 22 2009 10:49 GMT
#27
12:16:28 up 351 days
this game is a fucking jokie
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24648 Posts
October 22 2009 11:42 GMT
#28
I believe it's bad to leave it on for too long because you should be keeping up with Windows update (if you have Windoze!). I aim for rebooting every 1-2 weeks and end up doing it every 1-2 months or more lol
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b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
October 22 2009 11:54 GMT
#29
I turn off my computer every day before i go to sleep. IS that uncommon? Lol
ZhenMiChan
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Netherlands1181 Posts
October 22 2009 13:19 GMT
#30
On October 22 2009 20:54 b3h47pte wrote:
I turn off my computer every day before i go to sleep. IS that uncommon? Lol



me too!! we must be special!!
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Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
October 22 2009 13:27 GMT
#31
On October 22 2009 20:54 b3h47pte wrote:
I turn off my computer every day before i go to sleep. IS that uncommon? Lol

Me too, but only because the humming noise it makes bugs me
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
October 22 2009 14:28 GMT
#32
On October 22 2009 20:54 b3h47pte wrote:
I turn off my computer every day before i go to sleep. IS that uncommon? Lol

same. though, i have a laptop lol.
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Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9234 Posts
October 22 2009 14:51 GMT
#33
I usually send my latptop to idle mode when I don't need it.
This doesn't count as an interruption to the uptime though.
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Chromyne
Profile Joined January 2008
Canada561 Posts
October 22 2009 14:55 GMT
#34
When I owned a desktop, it would be up for weeks, but probably never longer than a month. With my current laptop, probably a few days, and that's only for when I'm downloading a large file or burning in headphones.
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TL.net Bot
Profile Joined June 2004
TL.net130 Posts
October 22 2009 17:19 GMT
#35
On October 22 2009 15:29 TheYango wrote:
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On October 22 2009 14:14 TL.net Bot wrote:
156 days, 21:31

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On October 22 2009 19:49 disco wrote:
12:16:28 up 351 days

Ravage me, you magnificent beast!
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
October 22 2009 20:17 GMT
#36
Unless the computer is used as a server or has time-consuming operations or downloads running over night which can't be run during the day, I don't understand why it should run all the time. I hope the reason isn't lazyness. Even an idling PC will probably consume around 150-200W, and over night that's a lot.
disco
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Netherlands1667 Posts
October 22 2009 23:11 GMT
#37
On October 23 2009 02:19 TL.net Bot wrote:
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On October 22 2009 15:29 TheYango wrote:
On October 22 2009 14:14 TL.net Bot wrote:
156 days, 21:31

Do I win?

You don't count.



Show nested quote +
On October 22 2009 19:49 disco wrote:
12:16:28 up 351 days

Ravage me, you magnificent beast!


I cheated, it's one of my servers, not my pc.
I only wish Windows would run that long without issues.
this game is a fucking jokie
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
October 22 2009 23:17 GMT
#38
On October 23 2009 05:17 Scorch wrote:
Unless the computer is used as a server or has time-consuming operations or downloads running over night which can't be run during the day, I don't understand why it should run all the time. I hope the reason isn't lazyness. Even an idling PC will probably consume around 150-200W, and over night that's a lot.

Not to mention killing your fan and harddrive.

I turn off my computer when I'm done using it. I guess lots of people here are running torrents 24/7 or something.
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Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
October 22 2009 23:31 GMT
#39
On October 22 2009 14:14 TL.net Bot wrote:
156 days, 21:31

Do I win?

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Magic84
Profile Joined October 2008
Russian Federation1381 Posts
October 22 2009 23:56 GMT
#40
I didn't bother powering it off most of the time, since it's loaded with stuff and loads up slowly. Then the power supply died, i'm more cautious with it now, it can't be good for the pc. The record is couple of days.
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-23 00:11:50
October 23 2009 00:09 GMT
#41
Uh.. Other then restarting I have had whatever my newest desktop is on for about 7 years. 5 Years for old comp and 2 for newest.

Unless restarting counts as shutting it off in which case I probably average about a month between restarts.

Only hardware problem I have had hard drive failure and it was a Raptor after three years of being on 24/7. Raptors are known to have a pretty high failure rate so nothing surprising there.
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Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
October 23 2009 01:17 GMT
#42
wait, if you have it on all night and day, should you put it to standby mode or something when you don't use it?
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SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21549 Posts
October 23 2009 04:06 GMT
#43
On October 23 2009 08:17 Chef wrote:
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On October 23 2009 05:17 Scorch wrote:
Unless the computer is used as a server or has time-consuming operations or downloads running over night which can't be run during the day, I don't understand why it should run all the time. I hope the reason isn't lazyness. Even an idling PC will probably consume around 150-200W, and over night that's a lot.

Not to mention killing your fan and harddrive.

I turn off my computer when I'm done using it. I guess lots of people here are running torrents 24/7 or something.

Modern hard drives are made to be able to run 24/7. A cold boot is much harder on the drive than leaving it on, but I imagine the difference in shutdown + startup vs leaving it on for the extra 8 hrs is negligible.

Also fan blades can't collect much dust if they're always spinning, :p but I imagine it does shorten their lives. I've never had a fan die, but I tend to buy high quality ones and usually undervolt them.
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