topic Re: Leaving Laptop turned on? in PCs & Accessories

Leaving Laptop turned on?

Leetay — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:45:23 GMT

Hi all

How many of you leave you laptops turned on 24/7?
Mine is basically a desktop replacement, so therefor never moves from the desk, and I have Acronis and Anti virus software running daily for back-ups etc.

Will it harm it if its left on constantly??

Cheers

Ps monitor is set to go off after 2 hours, so that is not on all night, but everthing else, hard drives etc are.

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

rich912 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:07:52 GMT

Hi Leetay,

Leaving your computer on 24/7 will not harm your notebook but, in my experience, any windows operating system needs a reboot at least every 24 hrs to iron out the inevitable glitches that occur after a few hours….

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

Thalamus. — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:26:52 GMT

Hi Leetay,

Also leaving your laptop turned on when not in use is not good for the environment..

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

sunking101 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:11:58 GMT

I don't understand why anyone would want to leave their laptop on 24 hours a day. It will wear out quicker and think of all the electricity!

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

apierc1 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:28:21 GMT

It might cause eventual overheating and thus failure of the processor.

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

jumpsuit — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:40:37 GMT

I know a reason why you naughty devil you

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

danreed — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:00:50 GMT

Leetay,

Leaving your laptop plugged into the mains all the time can cause the battery life to be reduced quite badly. I used to leave my old laptop on charge and quite often switched on all the time. Eventually the battery would only last a few minutes.

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

Waqz — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:36:29 GMT

Wow. I never knew a laptop battery could wear down and only be usable for a few hours. My laptop is on quite alot of the day but it's in use. Whenever im not using it i put it in hibernate. But i do switch it off if its not being used for a long time. Is it safe this way? How long does it take for the battery to wear out? Thanks.

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

Leetay — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:14:32 GMT

I know a reason why you naughty devil you

I don't know what you mean!!

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

Leetay — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:16:23 GMT

Oh well if the battery wares out, so be it, I'll probably upgrade on a yearly (or so) basis, so should last a year i'd have thought!

Cheers

Lee

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

kee-lo_ — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:19:53 GMT

Simply remove the battery as you say it doesn't move off the desk anyway

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

jumpsuit — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:29:12 GMT

erm I meant just to test the batery's longevity? :smileygrin:

Re: Leaving Laptop turned on?

@5528097000005097 — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:38:00 GMT

Don't forget your poor old hard disc, spinning away relentlessly! Still, with a working life of aprox. 20,000 hours, you should be ok for a few nights browsing (Jumpsuit could probably recommend a few good sites, by the sound of things)!!!