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shamrock_uk · 03-06-2005, 09:44 PM

A general rule of thumb that I use:

If you'll not be using it for at least two hours, turn your monitor off (your CRT monitor life is directly related to how long its on for - this has to be weighed against the disadvantage of frequent degaussing hence the rather arbitrary figure of 2 hours)

If you'll not be using it for 24 hours, turn your computer off.

The biggest saver is indeed on your hard drive as it avoids having to spin up and spin down which is fairly stressful.

One thing you should never do is take advantage of the windows power saving feature that lets you 'turn off hard disks' after about 10 minutes - nothing will shorten their lives more

[ 03-06-2005, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

03-06-2005, 09:44 PM	#10
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	A general rule of thumb that I use: If you'll not be using it for at least two hours, turn your monitor off (your CRT monitor life is directly related to how long its on for - this has to be weighed against the disadvantage of frequent degaussing hence the rather arbitrary figure of 2 hours) If you'll not be using it for 24 hours, turn your computer off. The biggest saver is indeed on your hard drive as it avoids having to spin up and spin down which is fairly stressful. One thing you should never do is take advantage of the windows power saving feature that lets you 'turn off hard disks' after about 10 minutes - nothing will shorten their lives more [ 03-06-2005, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]