how many of you people use the power on by mouse or keyboard?

[cow123]

im pretty sure the monitor wouldnt be on, what a waste of electricity that would be (unless in standby)

 

[chocoruacal]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX
My computer can be shut off??

Like others, I never turn either of my PCs off, unless I am gone for an extended period of time (more than just a weekend.)

\Dan

Ditto that. It amazes me that people still go thru the boot up/shutdown hassle. Guess they need that extra $2 a month in electric savings

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: vaporize
When you guys says that you leave your computers on all the time do you mean that everything is left on all the time? like the monitor, computer, and speakers? or do you guys put the computer in standby when you are not around?

The computer and all of its internal peripherals are left on all of the time. My CRTs on my various computers are all set to power down automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity; I do not use screensavers because they consume CPU capacity that can be put to better use by other number crunching applications (after all, one doesn't see the screensaver anyway if the monitor is in standby). I just use headphones, but would certainly turn the speakers off when not in use if I had some.

My printer (Epson inkjet) and scanner stay on all the time (heck, the latter doesn't even have a power button!), because I never assumed that they used much electricity. However, I read recently that one should not plug a printer into a UPS because the printer will drain the battery quickly; if it is true that they consume that much power, I will have to reconsider leaving mine turned on all the time.

 

so, even though the HDD's today are racing at 7,200 RPM there isn;t an issue with them braking down due to prolonged usage? All of the retail drives say not meant for continuose use and have a rather low recomended hours per month.

 

[Kyteland]

If I had that feature enabled my cats would be turning my computer on all the time.

 

[Rand]

I leave it on pretty much 24/7 unless I'm going to be away for a prolonged period of time so it's of no use to me.

 

[mikecel79]

Originally posted by: JAGedlion
so, even though the HDD's today are racing at 7,200 RPM there isn;t an issue with them braking down due to prolonged usage? All of the retail drives say not meant for continuose use and have a rather low recomended hours per month.

7200 RPM hardly seems fast these days when we have 15,000 RPM drives in most of our servers at work. 7200 RPM IDE drives have been around for some time now. I have an old 13.6 GB Maxtor that I ran for 24/7 for almost 4 years. It still works I just upgraded to a new drive so I have no use for it now.

 

[BmXStuD]

Originally posted by: mikecel79

Originally posted by: JAGedlion
so, even though the HDD's today are racing at 7,200 RPM there isn;t an issue with them braking down due to prolonged usage? All of the retail drives say not meant for continuose use and have a rather low recomended hours per month.

7200 RPM hardly seems fast these days when we have 15,000 RPM drives in most of our servers at work. 7200 RPM IDE drives have been around for some time now. I have an old 13.6 GB Maxtor that I ran for 24/7 for almost 4 years. It still works I just upgraded to a new drive so I have no use for it now.

my main drive and biggestr in this house is 20gb 5400rpm

 

[mikecel79]

my main drive and biggestr in this house is 20gb 5400rpm

Ugh...get a bigger faster drive for that machine. She'll thank you later.

 

[Mday]

works even with wireless keyboard.

 

[dakels]

heh... I use this feature... on my mac. Mac's have had keyboard startup and shutdowns and restarts for at least 15 years.

 

[EeyoreX]

so, even though the HDD's today are racing at 7,200 RPM there isn;t an issue with them braking down due to prolonged usage? All of the retail drives say not meant for continuose use and have a rather low recomended hours per month.

There was a big hoopla about the "hours per month" thing with IBM hard drives a few months back. People got all worried and bent out of shape because their drives were alledgedly "limited" to about 7 hours of use per day. Basically when people started complaining or taking business elsewhere IBM had to come out and say basically that their IDE drives are fine for 24/7 use, but for mission-critical apps they are not recommended. I think they are mostly trying to cover their own bases, or, of course this is the more likely and more cynical theory, they really want you to not try and use an IDE drive in a 24/7 setting, instead, opting for a higher priced "server class" hard drive. The bottom line is that hard drives will run fine 24/7. And, unless you are doing something that reads/writes to the drives 24/7, I don't see there being an issue with drives running at 7200rpm, 10,000rpm or what. If they sit (mostly) idle for most of the day they aren't really doing anything.

And, to answer another question, I leave my speakers on (hassle to power them on and off) but my monitors go into standby after 20 minutes. These things would not be covered by the "Power on by mouse/keyboard" so I didn't think to mention them. (Unless you have an old style or new Vantec Stealth PSU with the additional plug on the PSU)

\Dan

 

[sak]

i have it where i boot up then at nights put the computer to sleep then click the power button to get it back up from sleep..i think tapping that space bar or mouse is a little to iffy..cause i have another comp that allows me to do that and sometimes i see it come up without reason..

so put it to sleep and pull it out from sleep..for me..

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Wolfsraider

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Who cares, my computer is never off in the first place

exactly

 

[Kingofcomputer]

I use the "power" button on keyboard to power on my computer.

 

[WarCon]

I usually only reboot because of programs or to get into bios, and only shutoff to work on system. But I do use a feature that I like very much, S3 standby. And I come out of standby with my keyboard space button. So I basically get to come back on in about 8 secs from minimal power usage.

 

[BmXStuD]

COOL, man more ppl are saying YES now.

 

[BmXStuD]

solved got mine working w a change and bios and a change of jumper.

 

[scrubman]

i have a "power" button on my new keyboard and it works real nice to power up OR do a shutdown... i love it!!

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

My PC: No
Wifes PC: Yes
My Mac: Duh, Yes..

 

[LED]

Great feature...been using it since the S7 day's (P5A) and look for it on a MoBo :wine:

 

[BFG10K]

Call me old fashioned but I prefer to use the big button on computer cases.