Do you leave it on?

[Shadow ÒÓ]

Mine are on 24/7....I fold like the rest of you should!

[Jmichael484]

I start mine up at about 6 in the morning and shu it off at about midnight.

[Wa11y]

Mine is the computer that is never off. No reason to turn it off. They're not that expensive to run 24/7. Myself and my two roommates run all three of our rigs 24/7.

[Godfodda]

24/7 SETI x4 (soon to be x6).

[flounder43]

4 computers, 24/7....Folding.

Plus, they double as space heaters!

[Christoph]

24/7, especially in the winter! I think that I've had to turn on my "default" space heater twice this winter.

[rogerdugans]

24/7 with 6 computers: All crunching SETI@HOME, as they should.
:D :D

[Gandalf]

Im the only one who voted "while in use".

[Sir-Epix]

24/7 X about 7-9 all crunching SETI@HOME as they should. Why cuz I don't pay an electric bill

[touser]

i turn mine off when i will not be using it until several hours later, but if i am downloading a large file i will leave it on at days at a time if need be, so i voted depends.

[Christoph]

Originally posted by touser
i turn mine off when i will not be using it until several hours later, but if i am downloading a large file i will leave it on at days at a time if need be, so i voted depends.
Help us to help you. Fold! (http://foldingathome.stanford.edu/)
Alzheimer's isn't going to cure itself.

[RainMaQer]

24/7... I'm too impatient to wait for to startup:rolleyes:

[Kendan]

Folding, Folding, Folding :burn:

[WillysNut]

Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ
Mine are on 24/7....I fold like the rest of you should!

THANK YOU SHADOW! :beer:

[fearless]

24/7 folding.

[slick306]

Anyone scared to leave their computer on after they put a new peice of hardware in? I know it takes me a few nights to 'trust' the new hardware...

Slick..

[Christoph]

Originally posted by slick306
Anyone scared to leave their computer on after they put a new peice of hardware in? I know it takes me a few nights to 'trust' the new hardware...

Slick..

Nah, I jus' toss 'er in and keep on foldin' (YEE HAW). Ain't nevuh 'ad no BSOD neither. I don' even know what that BSOD thang y'all talk about is. No siree! I luv that Billy Bob Gates fellah up there in Warshintun. He take gooooood care uh me an' I ain' nevuh bin nuhvus 'bout no new hahdware.
</sarcasm>

And you thought that L3375P34K was hard to understand.
Actually, I'm only nervous until I finish stability testing.

[flounder43]

Originally posted by IdeaMagnate


Nah, I jus' toss 'er in and keep on foldin' (YEE HAW). Ain't nevuh 'ad no BSOD neither. I don' even know what that BSOD thang y'all talk about is. No siree! I luv that Billy Bob Gates fellah up there in Warshintun. He take gooooood care uh me an' I ain' nevuh bin nuhvus 'bout no new hahdware.
</sarcasm>

And you thought that L3375P34K was hard to understand.
Actually, I'm only nervous until I finish stability testing.

Nice, liked that one!

The only thing that makes me nervous is a crash when I am not home or sleeping, and I might lose folding time! :D

[Garfield]

"only while in use"...

My comp gets slow and laggy after a while. Must be the memory management of Windows :rolleyes:

--Garfield

[Jon]

24/SETI. :D

[Christoph]

Originally posted by flounder43


Nice, liked that one!

The only thing that makes me nervous is a crash when I am not home or sleeping, and I might lose folding time! :D

Thanks!
I don't worry about that one as much as the client not being able to contact the server. I find that I only get errors when I do something (ie not when I leave it folding for the weekend).

[RedDeathDrinker]

Mine is on as long as I'm in the house. I always turn it off when I go out, but it (properly so!) runs SETI when it's on!

[Dissolved]

mines on 24/7/365.25 ;)

only off when im modding or i have a problem..

[Despotes]

24/7, no way! Power is often going out--snowstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, squirrels, women drivers...:eek:
After one house fire, I care not for a replay. Besides, it's not very energy efficient, unless you need a noisy space heater next to your bed. :)

[The Coolest]

Originally posted by Jmichael484
I start mine up at about 6 in the morning and shu it off at about midnight.

Yup, same here only from 6:50 :p

I would leave 'em on, but the electricity bill really was bigger this time, much bigger, and I can't stand the noise... I will prolly leave the main rig on when I get WC!

[Garfield]

How can you guys run them 24/7? Are you on Windows? I'm not sure about XP, but Windows 9x isn't very good memory management. If I leave my comp on for 6-10hours, then it starts lagging. Does this happen to you if you leave it on too long?

--Garfield

[The Coolest]

Originally posted by Garfield
How can you guys run them 24/7? Are you on Windows? I'm not sure about XP, but Windows 9x isn't very good memory management. If I leave my comp on for 6-10hours, then it starts lagging. Does this happen to you if you leave it on too long?

--Garfield

Make a fixed swap file of x2 of ur memory capacity, & ur comp won't be lagging..
Though my mem is full when idle the computer will free it when u will run something...

[rogerdugans]

I run Win2K, WinNT 4.0, Win98se and Redhat Linux 7.2.

The only pcs that needs to be rebooted are the ones with 98- once a week: makes a big difference if you just leave a program (SETI@Home) running, and don't do anything else with it.

I would expect that WinXP's performance to be about the same as 2000's, but don't have it, not getting it, so I don't know for sure.

[Garfield]

Yeah, I'm getting Linux (which is good memory management :D) so I'll probably be on that a lot and leave the comp running. Won't deplete (sp?) my memory sources like Windows.

[Kickin_Wing]

2 - 24/7 (restart once a month)
--Win2K
--Solaris 7/01

1 - While I'm awake ~10 am - 2 am
--WinXP

2 - Only while using it
--Win98se
--WinME

[Fightingpiper]

ive got all four of mine runnig 24/7 and folding with Win98SE and havent had any problems........yet.

[Waxy]

On 24/7/365 (execept for leap years and testing new PC boards. :) )

98SE, 500Mhz, 128Mb Ram, True Color, MSN Messneger is allways on.

When it begins to lag, just exit Internet Explorer, refresh desktop, and make sure that your screen saver uses low memory or just don't bother having one, Del the win/temp items, defrag, scan disk, and experiment with RUN/MSConfig. do this once a week and your PC will never lag.

and what's the big deal about folding?

[rogerdugans]

Folding is similar to SETI@Home: you run a client on your local pc and download units of work, process them and send them back.

Here at OC.Com we have teams doing both, look in Distributed Computing for their forums.

Links:Overclockers.Com Seti Team (http://www.ocsetiteam.com)
Overclockers.Com Folding Team (http://www.overclockers.ws/)

Both teams are always looking for new members!

[TASOS]

I really must check out what folding & seti is.
I dont have a clue...and lot of people are talking about them

[Ottoman]

mine is TOO LOUD to leave on...
otherwise I would..

so It's on if I'm awake, or not sleeping in my room that night..

[andrek]

2- 24/7 and always folding! They even dial out by themselves. All I do is pay the bills.

[Thermal]

I've had a pc running 24/7 in my various households for the last 5 years....except for the upgrades....:D

my girlfriend is'nt real happy with the new super air-cooled case mod at the foot of our bed!:D

-and now that I just signed up, downloaded & am currently running folding@home...:D

[Christoph]

Originally posted by Thermal
I've had a pc running 24/7 in my various households for the last 5 years....except for the upgrades....:D

my girlfriend is'nt real happy with the new super air-cooled case mod at the foot of our bed!:D

-and now that I just signed up, downloaded & am currently running folding@home...:D

Team 32 all the way!

[JetMech]

On 24/7 x3 folding using Kvm switch and router. Like Flounder my biggest fear is one of the comps, not on the monitor, failing, causing a loss of time.


I found a free proggy called Winrambooster that I use to clear memory leaks that seem to develop over time. I believe the problem is the sdram because my rambus and ddr machines don't have the won't release memory prob.

[heavy1]

web server comp is on 24/7 with Windows 2000 Server and my workstation comp (winxp) gets shut down occasionally. Id like to add that the server has been known to run for 2 months straight without a single glitch, and thats on an old compaq k62 475mhz. pretty impressive if ya ask me :)

Heavy

[Strangelove]

Well got my mail and web server running 24/7 and my other rig (se below) runs almost all the time but it's very noisy :( So when I can't sleep I turn the bugger off. Both are looking for little green Martians.

The truth is somewhere, I just wish I knew where ;)

[The Coolest]

Originally posted by JetMech
I found a free proggy called Winrambooster that I use to clear memory leaks that seem to develop over time. I believe the problem is the sdram because my rambus and ddr machines don't have the won't release memory prob.

Could u post a link for this program?
I really need this, I leave my comps on long time b4 even touching them, and I do use SDRAM...

Would be very thankfull

[Christoph]

Originally posted by The Coolest


Could u post a link for this program?
I really need this, I leave my comps on long time b4 even touching them, and I do use SDRAM...

Would be very thankfull

Here (http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10102-100-1400043.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.1400043)'s something that has the same function and is freeware (the other prog is shareware). Enjoy!

[Über~PhLuBB]

Before reading this tread, I used to shut down my computer when I went to bed, and start it up the next day.

Since reading it, the computer stays on. All the time. The only time it's unusable is when it freezes or restarts from too high of an overclock.

I can't believe I got into the habit of shutting down all night. When I think about all the hundreds, if not thousands of hours it could have spent folding, I want to hit something.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

I only shut mine off if it's completely locked up or if I'm not going to be using it for a while.

[res0r9lm]

folding 24/7

[CrystalMethod]

Only things I shut off are the monitors, otherwise both systems are running 24/7. With the exceptions of LAN's, modding, or changing hardware. Minimum, atleast one of my two systems is on. The other being off only because of transport or upgrade.

[Yodums]

I usually let my monitor turn off with the Windows thing where if I go idle for say 15mins it'll turn off by itself. Since I heard turning it off by hand wasn't good for it.

Yodums

[crazyman]

yes,I leave all 4 of mine on 24/7,I like being able to walk up to my pc and use it anytime. :) I have windows power down the monitors and HD's.
and then there is the lightbulb theory.

[PipeBom]

In use only. Although I leave it on downloading stuff off the net while I'm asleep. Dam noisy fan(s)...

[nil_esh]

I'm all 24/7.. Folding and all. I got so p***ed one Sunday I came back after being gone all weekend to find my computers off! Even worse I had password locked my main PC so no one would fiddle with it, so they obviously didn't do a proper shutdown. My parents had guests that weekend and apparently one of them slept in my room and found my 2 PCs to be too loud. grrrr.. i don't mind someone using my room (even though there was no need we have other beds), but don't mess with my folding! Ah well, I only lost like 16 hours.

[nil_esh]

Originally posted by Garfield
How can you guys run them 24/7? Are you on Windows? I'm not sure about XP, but Windows 9x isn't very good memory management. If I leave my comp on for 6-10hours, then it starts lagging. Does this happen to you if you leave it on too long?


I know exactly what you're talking about. That's why I use Win2k.

[nil_esh]

Originally posted by Despotes
24/7, no way! Power is often going out--snowstorms, thunderstorms, windstorms, squirrels, women drivers...:eek:


That's why I have a UPS. Power failures never bothered me. At my old apartment I'd be sitting there cruising the net on my 56k not even notice the power failure. My PCs are only shutting down when I leave the country :D

I did however set my PC on fire one time. I had a sound card with a daughtercard (TBeach Montego II). I connected the cable that connects the two parts, but I did it wrong only connecting to half of the pins and the wrong half at that (I had done this many times before, but this one time I just wasn't paying attention). I turned on the PC, fortunately I was staring straight at the inside when I saw the cable burst into flames. :mad: Pulled out the plug and blew out the flame and a cloud of smoke came rushing out. Scary stuff... But no hardware died, just a burnt cable. I've taken note of where we keep the fire extinguisher since then.

[castor]

All the time, why turn it off, chances are if I did, it wouldnt come back on...hehe
24/7 , even though it sounds like a tornado.....






Alienware aurora ddr
Amd xp 1900 not o/cd yet
gotta get it watercooled first
1gig ddr
geforce 3 64 ddr
pioneer dvd
sony cdrw

i think the system has six fans total...but im gonna mod it out

[DarkArctic]

Only when I'm using it. Which is when I get home from my job til when I go to sleep. It's not on 24/7 cause I share a room with my brother and he won't shut up about it being too noisy ("You want noisy? How bout a put my Delta's back in!! Muhahahaha!!").

-DarkArctic

Both processors Folding like their life depended on it. :)

[Silversinksam]

I found this to be interesting:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/monitor8.htm

[cjlax5]

24/7

[David]

I TRY to leave my Tbird box folding overnight but my parents keep turning it off :mad:

[Jeniva]

24/7 x3 Folding...the ONLY way to do it @home

[AmIdYfReAk]

my pc is on when i get up.. and its off when i goto Sleep... to put up with 70 DB's when Trying to Sleep.. it Just Dosent Work...

Second pc.. p1 200.... its on and off when ever someone else wants to do it... :)

[inkleoneaters]

i have to have mine on 24 7 as i serve the net connection for my 3 flatmates.

[Doyle]

too long to boot...not that pacient....24\7

[Yodums]

Too bad they didn't make sound proof cases or sound would not be an issue to leaving our computer on 24/7.

But I got use to about 50dBA.

I sleep through it and not even noticing it is there.

[Johan]

Mine is one only when I'm sitting in front of it.

[Adam@MoboCity]

I switch my main PC on in the morning, and it stays on till about 12.30am when i have to turn it off coz i could never sleep with the amount of noise it makes.

[JigPu]

24/7 SETI CRUNCHER!!

My computer is on 24/7 except when Windows decides to die, and takes everything with it. However, lately my sister has been putting it into standby overnight. Kills my already horible SETI times...

You know... The last time I remember PROPERLY shutting down my PC was probably a few months ago. If the computer is off, 99.5% of the time, I hit the power button cuz Windows up and died. Refused to listen to my many CTRL+ALT+DEL... ;)

JigPu

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Adam@MoboCity
I switch my main PC on in the morning, and it stays on till about 12.30am when i have to turn it off coz i could never sleep with the amount of noise it makes.

You should add a routin for your computer to start seti whenever you boot it up :D

Yodums

[abb1]

I turn mine on when I wake up and shut it off when I go to bed, so it is on about 18hrs a day. By the way, What is folding?

[KrzyPrk]

yup me too. when I sleep, my computer sleeps. :) :D

[FerrariF50]

I keep my Puter on 24/7 the bad thing is that I never turn off the screen..I just hate haveing to turn and wait for it to come on..I know it does not take long but still...

[Optimus2575]

only while working and downloading...hmmm dang that is 24/7
:D

[Autonomous]

My computer is on only when i'm in front of it or when I know i'll be back within the next hour or two. :)

[res0r9lm]

came home today some shut my puter off turned it back on and it went right to scandisk now folding monitor screwed up. but it was an accident so that makes it alright

[DAGO]

Well, I am in the minority here as mine is only on when I am in front of it...energy conservation, doncha know??? This is after all, California...home of the blackout...:eek:

EDIT: Sept 2002, started Folding and it is now on 24/7...:D

[dreadlord79]

24/7 unless the gf turns it off. I've thought about putting Folding on it, but I can't figure out if it runs in the back ground or if it only comes up when the system is in idle for awhile?

[nodoze]

24/7/365 - Pentium Pro 200 W98 since 1987. Except during thunderstorms. 1 Fried computer was enough.

[spop]

24/7 unless the weather is bad

[CompuDrew]

I used to leave my old POS on all the time, because it took damn near 5 minutes to boot up, but now that I'm in the 30 second range, I turn it off at night.

[exhaust18]

I turn mine on for about 10-20 seconds until it overheats and crashes. I barely have enough time to see my windows me startup screen. Overclocking rox :D

[exhaust18]

make that 10-13 seconds.

[nil_esh]

Here's an idea: Shut down your PC before sleeping, but set up BIOS to turn it on sometime at night when you're guaranteed to be asleep. Or if its REALLY loud, set it up as a wake-up alarm :D

Also a good option for those of you who have people shutting your PC down, schedule it to turn on shortly afterwards ;)

You can also use ShutDownNow in combination with this.

[Al Capone]

If it didn't make so much noise i would leave it on all the time

[John1975]

If win98 was more stable I would leave it on.


It is on about 8 hours a day.

[Novex]

I have it on 6am-11pm
vacations 24/7
depends..........

[ThePunkGeek]

24/7 how else would you rack up the points folding?

[ThePunkGeek]

Originally posted by abb1
I turn mine on when I wake up and shut it off when I go to bed, so it is on about 18hrs a day. By the way, What is folding?

http://www.overclockers.ws

[quegyboe]

Mine is on from 7:00am to around 10:00pm. All day but no need to be on at night...

[stool]

Two are on 24/7, the others are only fired up when I want to tinker.

[Gravity Man]

24/7 crunching for SETI

[DangerousDrDave]

24/7 looking for the aliens.... You see, I figure I could fold protiens or look for someone who already knows how....:burn:

[muddocktor]

I now have 6 running 24/7, Folding@Home.

[Darrenct]

I did the math once to see how much it would cost to run a 300 Watt PC 24 hours...

1 PC pulls 300 watts, that's .3 KW per hour on the bill...
24 hours a day, 30 days a month, thats...
216 Kw hours... Powers cheap up here(5.7 cents per Kw/H)
so 1 300 Watt PC 24 hours a day costs --->$12.31

So when both my roommate and I leave our PC's on 24 hours, that increases the bill of our 2 bedroom apartment 30%. Sorry, I hate to sound cheap, but I'm gonna turn it off at night. I'm just a poor college student.
At least I fold during the day :)

[Wega!]

I run it about 8 hours a day.... Folding.... :D

[Mr wizard]

I do leave mine on 24/7

[heezer7]

24/7 and just started folding but slow on a 550 K6-2 lol!

[Matt1001]

I think the majority of people who know about computers leave their computers on most of the time. I leave mine on all the time unless I know somebody else will want to get on when I am not there.

[Anonymous Jeff]

But...turning it off would mean that I'm not crunching! :eek:

[Starfoxer]

off when i go to sleep

on when i wake up

[MoPMatrix]

This comp (sigy) is running 98se I turn it off at night, and my server with XP is on 24/7

I'm not worried about power, or noise, I was wonder what is better for the HD and the comp.. all those fans, cpu cycles, on all the time. Is it takin life away from everything leavin it on?
Is it better to turn it off and give it a break when ur not usin it? Or is it really that bad to turn it off and on?
I have a really cheap HD right now, planing on gettin a new 1 soon but I want this 1 to last as long as I can get it to...
What u guys think?

[Kingbob]

24/7 gnoming/downloading/serving

bah... whiimps complaining about noise... mine buts out ~50dcb so blargh on yall

[Kryten]

I know I shouldn't but I just cant get enough of pressing that button, (once I get the server back up I promise to leave it on :) )

[Kryten]

Originally posted by Darrenct
I did the math once to see how much it would cost to run a 300 Watt PC 24 hours...

1 PC pulls 300 watts, that's .3 KW per hour on the bill...
24 hours a day, 30 days a month, thats...
216 Kw hours... Powers cheap up here(5.7 cents per Kw/H)
so 1 300 Watt PC 24 hours a day costs --->$12.31

So when both my roommate and I leave our PC's on 24 hours, that increases the bill of our 2 bedroom apartment 30%. Sorry, I hate to sound cheap, but I'm gonna turn it off at night. I'm just a poor college student.
At least I fold during the day :)

Only one slight flaw in your maths, it won't be pulliing 300 watts during the idle periods.

[pc_dr]

servers are on 24/7 however workstations automaticly shut down at 7 pm after back-up and start up at 8am and wait for log-in.

Don't forget that PCs make the best air filters in the market. So even if your not using it, it is colecting dust and small pieces of your pets. Some systems get so dirty they are fire hazzards. My sugestion for a home user would be to set-up your auto wake in your BIOS for the am, it has ben there since 1990 and use software for the shut down at night.


i will build for beer:beer:
PC Dr.
Chris

Edited due to advertising. Jon

[Voodoo Rufus]

I leave mine on 24/7 running Seti. The only time it isn't on is when it's broken.

[Gresyth]

Looking for little green men 24/7.

[GeckoBanzai]

My rig sits off the living room so I turn it off when I go to bed so the wife can watch tv (we work different shifts). But I am always doing something to the GeckoBox (pat. pend) so its either doing Seti or Castle Wolf or its in pieces having another piece of its case dremeled..........

I set a goal of twenty seti units a week so if by Friday I have'nt reached that goal I'll leave it on over night.

[RobStyle]

I leave mine on when I am at work a couple days a week.
Besides that, only when in use.
®

[dru]

Assuming all machines are behaving, I have 4 that are left on 24/7.

I don't leave the laptops on unattended, because i simply don't trust the power bricks given the heat they put off in normal usage. Anytime I bring a new machine on line, it first is left on only when I am nearby, then gets moved to being left on when I am awake and at home, then "graduates" to 24/7.

I do periodically power everything down though, maybe once every month or two, just to allow everything (inlcuding the network switch) to reboot and start "fresh".

All the 24/7 machines cruch seti, so no CPU cycles are wasted;)

Dave

[Autonomous]

I don't leave mine on cause knowing my mom she'll find a way to get on it and who knows what she will with it....heh heh. :cool:

[NASsoccer]

i restart once a week right after i defrag on sunday nights

[matti2]

Since, I got my new computer. I leave it on only when I am using it or download songs.

[Crash893]

quote:
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Originally posted by Darrenct
I did the math once to see how much it would cost to run a 300 Watt PC 24 hours...

1 PC pulls 300 watts, that's .3 KW per hour on the bill...
24 hours a day, 30 days a month, thats...
216 Kw hours... Powers cheap up here(5.7 cents per Kw/H)
so 1 300 Watt PC 24 hours a day costs --->$12.31

So when both my roommate and I leave our PC's on 24 hours, that increases the bill of our 2 bedroom apartment 30%. Sorry, I hate to sound cheap, but I'm gonna turn it off at night. I'm just a poor college student.
At least I fold during the day
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Only one slight flaw in your maths, it won't be pulliing 300 watts during the idle periods.

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think what youll save on heat during the winnter and at night

[Xphyral]

3 pcs and sparc on 24/7
i`m so adamanet about keeping them on all the time if i can i`ll hotswap drives and fans.
and i cant sleep without the comforting sound of fans humming gently in the night and nursing me to better dreams of unfortold upgrades and lian li cases

[AMD'er]

Originally posted by flounder43
4 computers, 24/7....Folding.

Plus, they double as space heaters!

this past winter in college we didn't cut on the heat in our apartment. my roommate had a space heater and I had my computer:D

and when i was at school our network admin installed XP pro in OCT of 01 and has not restarted when I checked with him Jan 02. I know it had been 2 months because I saw it before I graduated in DEC 14th 01.:D So about 3 months.

[T i t 4 n 1 u M]

Try to keep it on 24/7

[CompuDrew]

I usually leave it on over 3 day weekends (I have Sat-Mon off every week :D ), but other than that, I turn it off at night. So, I probably leave it on about 2/3 of the time ;)

[Joker76]

Only while in use. Unless of course I'm waiting for an IM from a girl or someone important. Then I leave it on 24/7:burn:

[craigiz1]

I only turn it off when I leave the house. :D

[Garfield]

The new computer I built, when I'm not on it, I don't just turn it off: I unplug it. You never know if one of those freak lightning bolts will come and fry it. :D

[IndyMode]

I try to leave it on 24/7 but my husband seems to like turning it off whenever I leave the room:rolleyes:

[lowrider]

what is this folding and seti you are all talking about

[res0r9lm]

Originally posted by lowrider
what is this folding and seti you are all talking about http://www.overclockers.com/folding/

[deadhead]

im folding 24/7, except when i turn it off to do mods, and overclock some more

[aupilotxp]

most times, i leave it on all afternoon, but i shut it off while im in school, and when im sleeping, because its fairly loud.

Marc

[-=UR=- Ranger]

Don't like to leave it on all night, as I sleep about 2 Meters away from it and it is just to noisy to get a good sleep...
Some of you might know the problem:cool:

[David]

I am getting closer to running it 24/7 at the weekend - but if I leave it folding and I am not there my parents turn it off - the computer illiterate or the '150C! Whoa! S......!' way. They yoink the plug out. *grumbles about scandisk and parents*

[eddy1978]

no my electricity is on "pay as you go" and my tight arse landlady lets it run out at least once a week so i dont think its such a good idea :(

[walaka7]

Its on 24 folding... will run 2 24/7 if /when i figure out router

[Razorclaw212]

Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ
Mine are on 24/7....I fold like the rest of you should!

Hey I'm like you I have my 2 systems on 24/7 expect for restarts every couple of days... and folding on both of them all the day long!:D

[David]

lol
My mum thinks my PC is a fire risk! Both my parents say it is too noisy. I'll see if I can get some quieter fans and/or Hard disk.

[res0r9lm]

Originally posted by PenguinFreak
lol
My mum thinks my PC is a fire risk! Both my parents say it is too noisy. I'll see if I can get some quieter fans and/or Hard disk.

It possible for a pc to catch on fire but the fans are what keeps the heat down. all the mishaps I have heard of are from fans failing. you could set bios to thottle down cpu if temps reach a certain temp if not already set. another idea would be to get a fan adapter so you will be able to run a larger & quietier fan while maintaining the same temps you have now.

[Ploaf]

How did I miss this? I guess I should have voted that they are on while in use instead of on 24/7, except that they are in use 24/7. ahhh the confusion.

yup they run all the time :D

[i2fast4u]

Both my laptop and server run 24/7, I see no need to turn them off, and why heat stress the components in the computer when it would not hurt much to leave it on. thermal cycling is BAD.

[Tweaked!]

Mine stay on 24/7, they only get turned off to do upgrades or maintenance.:cool:

[NASsoccer]

mine is on as often as i can have it up (24/7). obviously excluding reboots:D

[David]

Woohoo!
My parents are leaving for the weekend 12-14th April. Looks like the gullible grandparents and......24/7 folding !!!

[BadThad]

All of my PC's except my wife's laptop run 24/7/365 and have been for years. Yes, I am a SETI nut...I get really upset when there's a power problem, LOL. Only 2 systems are on UPS's.

[LiquidConfusion]

Unless Im working on them They are on... 2.4 GHz soon to be folding as soon as I get my 384 dsl line :burn: :cool: :p

[shaftyPinochle]

Its on when I can use it. (6pm-3am) 80mm delta is very loud, so I shut er down for sleep.

[TT120]

2 rigs folding 24/7.

As it should be.

[explorer]

I have about 9 rigs running 24/7, they are very good heaters in winter.

[SYT_Shadowfax]

I turn it on a 7:00 and turn it off at 11:00. I'm scared on my nice 19" Philips 109P screen getting screwed, along with the HDD's, so I have them set to turn off after 10 minutes (call me obssessed or what!!).

Even if i wanted to leave it on all the time, no way that's gonna work cause win me memory management sucks bigtime. After opening a few programs (or more than a few) I don't have any free memory. I have 512 MB, does that make sense? On my next computer (which i should buy soon given a have a 700 Mhz Athlon) maybe I should get a gig. What do oyu guys think?

[Arkaine23]

Just started FOLDING 24/7 as I couldn't abide the taunting of Team Rage 3d members. Gotta keep the overclockers team ahead of those 3d'ers!

[augustwest]

what is SETI anyway? :eh?:

[bergie007]

Always on.......except when the rest of the family switch it off! And my ma copmlains about the electri bill too much too often!

[Darkpie]

Yeal I always go with the 24/7 Rule man Leave it on Works great for a Heater.

[MikeT]

Been seeing this debate since 286 days. Hasn't changed much.
I used to leave mine on 24/7 till I found out how bad my cigarette smoke was for the fans etc, now I shut it off most times if I'm not using it.

[augustwest]

join our SETI team, then you will want to leave it on and crunch 24/7, it would be a good incentive to quit smoking and save more money for a new rig with even more crunching power. :D :eh?: :beer:

[stevev]

I can't turn my computer off... I'm addicted...:burn: :burn:

[augustwest]

i seriously cant sleep without it on. the fans must be soothing. :p

[Dragonbud]

I would love to leave my pc' on 24/7 for folding and to just hear the relaxing sound of 2 pc's with delta fans going at it. Very soothing IMO. I have no problems sleeping with pc noise.

But! the gf cant stand the noise and the electricity bill.
But my Compaq presario @work is folding 24/7.. too bad its only 633 mhz.

[David]

Originally posted by augustwest
i seriously cant sleep without it on. the fans must be soothing. :p

I find it very relaxing, myself. My parents just see it as a noise :(
I am going to leave it on as often as possible from now on...our Folding At Home Team (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21) needs my CPU ;).

[UNIXorn]

I use Linux, no reason to turn the power off......nuff said......

[adovbs]

My home machine is on 24/7 most of the time, our home server is on 24/7 unless we are expecting severe lightning in the area (always a threat this time of year) and my home laptop gets turned on only on occasion these days.

My work machine gets shut down each evening for security purpposes.

Adovbs

[ocean]

My home server machine is on 24/7. Has been since 1998! 1 client pc is on 24/7. My watercooled tec machine is only on when I'm around. I don't have a real good fail-safe shutdown method implemented yet.:beer:

[newhouse_00]

folding 24/7 on my 2 computers

[MoPMatrix]

When I leave both my comps on 24/7 it brings the temp up by like 4 degrees in the room compaired to all the other rooms :P

[The Coolest]

ARGH!!!!!! :mad:... too bad I already voted. now I'm running 24/7 "F@Hing"... I'm beggining to get used to the noise, and my parents don't care :p.

[rustymaitland]

mine both go on at around 8am and go off at around 2-3am.

[bdf24]

Mine run's 24/7. Never get's turned off unless I upgrade or install some software.

[Mike K]

The one in my sig is usually on from 3pm to 10pm and I also have a Duron 900, AK11, 256 PC133, and GF2 MX that is on usually 24/7

[Thermal]

not anymore.....it heats up while I'm at work.:mad:

[Oni]

24/7/365.25

I'm curing cancer, and you should, too.

[parkan]

Last month one of my PCs war running set and the other 2 were folding 24/7. My power bill was cost me more than all upgrades to my systemm since the beginning of the year! :eek:

[Edward2]

My 2 run 24/7, unless installing new software or hardware. Since I upgraded to W2K from W98, I don't seem to have the memory problems I had before.

[micro_nuke]

I leave mine on all day and turn it off at night unless i have a download going or something.I think it is refreshing to the computer to restart occasionally.:rolleyes:

[Mike K]

Why did you post that image for? It has nothing to do with this topic. I heard that every time you turn your computer off and on it takes 1 day out of the life of it.

[Niloc]

Ok I started a thread about how much it cost to run a comp 24/7 like yesterday and maybe this is also a good place to ask the question. I came home from college and now Im at home for the summer. My parents dont want me to run my comp 24/7 because they think it uses to much power, Im trying to prove to them that it cost that much more to leave it running while im sleeping. How could i show them this and prove them wrong?

[phillyTIM]

i used to leave it on 24x7 until my landlords starting charging everyone for electricity!

now its on an as-use basis.

:(

[jabroni1m]

I keep mine on at all times, unless a lightning storm comes. Thats pretty often though down here in tennessee.

[Snatcher]

i am leavin my baby 24/7 only restart when applyiong new drivers, installations or modding
Running Win2k without a hitch :)
:burn:
i think i should fold or maybe seti is better?

[Cowboy X]

Someone else pays the electricity bill in the house therefore no 24/7 operations for me :( ................. at least I save some $.

[gtsimmo]

it's been on 24/7 since i started folding

[CJ145]

24/7 I do not fold but I dont have DSL! Not yet at least.:(

[Gideonflux]

:burn: Captian she is runnin' 24/7 on a Cyber power 1500avr UPS. She has been on for three weeks srtaight.:D the only time i turn my system off is to make miner adjustments, and then she goes right back on.

[tlemaste]

I have one that I leave on 24/7. It's a quiet system in a desk enclosure. My laptop is only on when needed, which hasn't been very often lately - can't seem to overclock it?:( My main box is my AMD 1.4 system, and it's off when not being used. I would leave it on 24/7 but I really don't want to loose my wife because of a little bit ( okay, a lot) of noise.

[Valafar]

24/7
I can't sleep unless I hear the whine of my fans.

[Mike K]

I'll delete my above post as I now leave it on 24/7 because I now fold.

[Lord_of_Decay]

2 PC's Folding@Home 24/7.:D

[esit]

I usually turn my PC on during the day and turn it off at night. The fans are just too loud for me to sleep if I have it turned on. But if I had a choice, I rather leave it on 24/7. :(

[krazykraut]

I run mine 24/7 FOLDING.:D :D

[jdmcnudgent]

only off when needs be.:D

[Bonka]

Only on holidays (ie: summer, winter) and weekends, does my machine run 24/7. Otherwise, I'd probably not be able to hear my alarm clock go off for school.

[Pats]

I have one computer that stays on 24/7 folding, the other ones fold while they are on to but i can leave them on at night becouse of noise problems (still waitin for WC) ;-) it also gets my room a bit to warm for me at night, but the dual p3 600 is a 24/7 box

[therealtobigtof]

Mine is on 84/367.705.

If you use the old egyptian calender, or something...

Basic on all day because, I download stuff day in and night.

[therealtobigtof]

my is always on

day in and day out

uless I blow out a vid card or something.

[BuccKevin]

I use hibernate... best thing they've ever come up with...

[Mizzery]

On 24/7 folding for team 32 (2 cpu's totaling over 2Ghz). I don't personally like hibernate, i've had problems with it, plus when I want to use my computer i don't want to have to wait for it to boot up. Also, if you have a lot of ram (i used to have 768) the hibernate process takes forever cause everything in the ram is stored on the hard drive, the computer shuts down, and when it reboots, it just restores the ram off the hd. Thats over 1.5 gig of transfer. Too long for my taste (also want my hd to last as long as it can).

[drunkmonkey]

I leave it on as long as I can. I don't trust it though. Came into the house one night after hanging out with some friends for a few hours and all I smelt was burning electronics. Luckily I saved it. Turned out I paused UnrealTournament and left it in the back ground so it did 100%cpu usage the entire time. I'm beginning to fell ok about leaving it on 24/7 while folding 4 team 32. Hopefully my new rig I'm building later this week won't have these probs.

[newbxp]

mine never get turned off my server runing xp was up for 5 weeks :eek: then we had a power outage :mad:

[packratbob]

4 rigs 24/7 5.3 ghz folding power fold on ppls!~!

[Maxvla]

used to run 24/7 crunching for seti until my dad said leaving my computer on all the time was a fire hazard... :rolleyes:

i told him it wasn't but what can i do? its his house.

[woods]

Mine runs 24/7 in the winter and only while I am awak or gone in the summer (it gets realy hot in texas and I dont need more heat at night.) Folding all the time its on though. team 32 RULES!

[HaywirE]

Well, i dont think its the thing of leaving it on, it makes to much noise if you have a 7000RPM FAN.

[Thomas H]

mine is always off, it doesn't work... it dosen't even boot or anything. i think it is the battery, but i'm not sure and i'm to lazy to find out.

[adamtekh]

they would be 24/7 folding if i had cable or dsl

[Kronarq]

24/7 I would be folding if I had broadband but I am stuck on dial suck :temper: man i tell you though I live in arizona and it is like 10 degrees hotter in my room at any given time though it is nice on the winter nights here.

[Exar Jun]

24/7 unless there is a reason to shut down.

[Biohazard]

16/7 cos im not aloud 24/7 otherwish it would be! well i turn it off wen i got out! but i nearly never do!

[Barium56]

Only while in use

Flex Your Power! :D

[Xaeron]

I just turn mine on when I wake up and turn it off at before I goto bed... I just don't like to leave mine running for some reason... ?

[Top Hat Theater]

24/7 b/c I heard that a large percentage of physcial damage that occurs to a processor comes about in that microsecond when you apply power to the CPU. Whether or not it's true, I don't care. :D

~THT

[ed8150]

24/7 folding for the cause:burn:

[roYal]

i turn mine on at about 11:30am, and turn it off when i goto sleep.

[SeedTick?]

I turn mine off when not in use 'cause our power flickers 3 or 4 times a day. I've only got power backup on 1 computer.

[DocClock aka MadClocker]

I once listened to an interview with the Prez of Micron, and in the parting shot, the interviewer asked "if you could say one thing to computer users to make their equipment last longer what would it be?" and he replied very quickly "never turn your computer off" and he went on to explain that with all the dissimilar components that make up a PC, the cooling and heating times are very different, even in a single chip, and fractures can result from off and on routines...he explained it better than I could, but you get the gist of what he said...and I took it to heart, and my machine crunches S@H.......somebody's got to look 4 little green men:cool:
I would fold, but I read it is not recomemded to do both at the same time, and I'm not giving up on seti just yet

[slim_lim]

My good ol' BH6 system has been on 24/7 since 1998, except the short downtimes when I feel like tweaking under the hood ;).

[Army_Of_1]

24/7 REPRESENT!!!! :D

[Kaneda]

24/7, but do reboot atleast once daily..

[Ralcor]

both of mine are always on, unless there is an electrical storm or the power company is fooling with the power.

no seti or folding thou... I use all my clock cycles as it is! altho-I have given it thought.

[LastRide]

I turn mine on in the morning and then shut it down at bed time just in case a CPU fan or something quits while I'm sleeping:eek:

[Wommalong]

Originally posted by Shadow ÒÓ
Mine are on 24/7....I fold like the rest of you should!

You know i am not sure... will it not reduce the life of your pc? some things do not last forever...:( and secondly i want to fold but i want to know for what company/institution/etc am i doing all of this? I know it sounds stupid but for who i am i doing this?

Wommalong

[Zigma]

24/7, usually reboot it ones every 2 days because i do alot of gaming. i do alot of video editing and large files take a long time to encode sometimes up to 7 hours (nasty VOB FILES GRR) the p2 just stays on because i like to have it on... no reason...

[Robbie]

Nice little quick reply spot. Where did you get the idea for it?!?!?! I wonder?!?!? Now that I have my water cooling all squared away I can leave my on again 24/7.

I fold

TEAM 45 all the way baby!!!
Rob

[Roadkill]

Was on 24/7 for my FTP & web servers, now on for folding. Computer fans rock me to sleep at night. :)

[the_poche]

Now its on 24/7 except when I leave home for 2days or more, but it took me a while to fully trust my watercooling setup

[frodoski]

All three machine run 24/7 at home and 2 machines at work also 24/7.

[XPAW_ASSASSIN]

My cpu is in full running for Tweakers.com.au I only turn it of to restart after a few connections...

[Gregory_WE]

I turn it off when I go to sleep, other than that it's always on.

[drunkmonkey]

Originally posted by Wommalong


You know i am not sure... will it not reduce the life of your pc? some things do not last forever...:( and secondly i want to fold but i want to know for what company/institution/etc am i doing all of this? I know it sounds stupid but for who i am i doing this?

Wommalong

your doing it for stanford university's protein research thingy.:D

[Pcmod]

Running SETI all the time highest temp 61C!

[beezee]

I try not to leave it on... trying to save energy... I'm soo poor that this is just another way I can save money.... not really but i try to save energy at least! hehe :)

[OSUmaxx]

I leave mine on 24/7. I don't turn them off unless I go out of town.

[Loyalty]

On nearly 24/7 folding for 32.

[Torture]

2 computers 24/7
only turn them off to mod.

[RyanRichard]

eh 24/7 all ...20 of em...lol damn office

[Kaneda]

Originally posted by Wommalong


You know i am not sure... will it not reduce the life of your pc? some things do not last forever...:( and secondly i want to fold but i want to know for what company/institution/etc am i doing all of this? I know it sounds stupid but for who i am i doing this?

Wommalong


nope, turning your computer on and off will reduce life quicker.

Stanford University. its worth it, seti is cool but IMO folding has a more posotive effect to influence me to do it. also folding uses UN-USED cpu cycles so it will never lag your system! (not sure about seti, i assume its the same)

[Kaneda]

Originally posted by Wommalong


You know i am not sure... will it not reduce the life of your pc? some things do not last forever...:( and secondly i want to fold but i want to know for what company/institution/etc am i doing all of this? I know it sounds stupid but for who i am i doing this?

Wommalong


nope, turning your computer on and off will reduce life quicker.

Stanford University. its worth it, seti is cool but IMO folding has a more posotive effect to influence me to do it. also folding uses UN-USED cpu cycles so it will never lag your system! (not sure about seti, i assume its the same)

[rob3rtz]

i leave mine 24/7 ..only turn off once a week maybe

[Hawk]

4 running fold at home 24/7 :)

[AmigoThree]

Sorry to be so picky DrewBoOty but I just read this yesterday so I couldn't resist.

Turning your PC on and off wears it out. Five or more years ago, there was something to this, but not today, say Hershberg and others. It used to be that PC hard disks did not automatically park their heads when shut off, and that frequent on/off cycling could damage the hard disks. Today's PCs are designed to handle 40,000 on/off cycles before a failure, and that's a number you likely won't reach during the computer's five-to-seven-year life span.

This is one myth that was addressed in this article (http://www.bcentral.com/articles/enbysk/158.asp?cobrand=msn) that was on MSN the other day.

[X2sandman]

right now i turn it on at the beginning of the day and off when i go to bed, but its only because of the noise, as soon as i watercool it will be on 24/7

[cow80004]

what the hell is folding?

[TLKfatman]

page one cow80004

Folding is similar to SETI@Home: you run a client on your local pc and download units of work, process them and send them back.

Here at OC.Com we have teams doing both, look in Distributed Computing for their forums.

Links:Overclockers.Com Seti Team
Overclockers.Com Folding Team

Both teams are always looking for new members!

[CompFX]

24/7 Running 8 fans with a "baybus" and sleep just fine. Only take it down when there is low level lightening. When it is down, i take absolutely everything apart and give it a good cleaning. (usually once every two or three months)

Someone care to take the time to explain the Fold or SETI at home to me i am interested. I have read all the links in previous posts, but most everything went zip wizzz over my head.

I understand this: Folding is similar to SETI@Home: you run a client on your local pc and download units of work, process them and send them back.

but what is the "units of work" and why would i want to download more work than what i already have to do?

[Disputant]

I keep mine on from the time I get home from work @ 8pm until I leave the next morning at 9am. Then on all weekend.

[GunSmoke]

Mine are on 24/7, unless my dog comes and lays on the power unit thing and everything shuts off.. Hate when dat happens!! hehe


other than that its never off:D
As you can see its 3am here in nyc and im posting hehe

[Kaneda]

Originally posted by AmigoThree
Sorry to be so picky DrewBoOty but I just read this yesterday so I couldn't resist.



This is one myth that was addressed in this article (http://www.bcentral.com/articles/enbysk/158.asp?cobrand=msn) that was on MSN the other day.

Actually, thank you for telling me. now i know :D :cool:

[SlowBurn]

Mine is on 24/7

[Evc]

On 24/7

[fiveohhh]

mine are on 24/7 folding away

[skou]

Mine are 24/fold. Do I check 24/7 or only while in use (always) ?

steve

[Lithan]

On when Im using or when Im downloading. It's kinda loud. (Pair of YStech's loud) and right by where I sleep.

[Jerky]

i fire my pc up in the morning, and shut it off at night when i go to bed.
if i leave the house i turn it off until i get back.

[Doc_Skurlock]

All day and all night. I have both SETI and Folding, I'm trying to decide between the two. I'm probably gonna build another computer and just run SETI on it and just leave it at that, and run Folding on this one. I always leave it on, its never off. That might be the reason why its always so warm in my room. hmmmm. I don't pay the power bills, but it don't cost that much and hell, we have 3 air conditioners, so I don't use that much power anyways. Fold peeps, cure some cancer.

[Doc_Skurlock]

Oh yeah, I turn it off to install or for a quick rest or if there is a lightning storm, but I do have a battery for it, so.....

[Namagomi]

folding? shouldn't it be unfolding? i mean, isn't the protein already folded, or are you guys just being devious?

[ZathrothATL]

Mine is a bit loud. So i just turn it off at night since it is about 1 foot from my pillow. I unplug it for safety during storms/going away for more than 24 hours

[Zymosis]

I turn it off...the comp sounds like a jetfighter when turned on :D

[Alexander_T]

8 to 10 hours a day folding!