Poll: Do You Put Your Computer To Bed At Night?

[Infos]

Interesting Article

 

[Blayze]

I turn my laptop off, but my other PC just stays on.

Im thinking about moving a PC back into my bedroom (so nice since everything else is in there)
if I do I'll probably turn it off cause I can't sleep with much noise around me.


I do have a question though.

When I STANDBY (I put hibernate at first) my PC the CPU fan stops as does the drives, etc... it gets super quiet.

is it normal for the CPU fan to stop? will my chip overheat?

 

[RossMAN]

Yes, of course.

Start -> Turn Off Computer -> Hibernate

 

[xirtam]

Which computer? Heh... got too many to put all of them to sleep. Of course, one of the main rigs I am sure to tuck under the covers, and I sleep with another one.

 

[PrincessGuard]

Hibernate == Turning off your computer

i.e. You can hibernate and unplug your machine without issue.

 

[Infos]

My understanding of hibernation is it is using 5 watts per hour

 

[Sluggo]

Do You Put Your Computer To Bed At Night?

You bet, I even tuck it in and give it a little kiss on the moniter. My PC does like a night light though, and the Mac nightmares arent nearly as severe as they were a couple of months ago.

 

[monk3y]

I do the majority of the nights

 

[Atrail]

I have only been booting up once or twice a week lately.
At school all day and work at night...
I always turn it off when I am not using it though.

 

[Cyco]

Lappy=off
desktop=on

 

[boi]

I turn it off. I need to help conserve energy so those rolling blackouts don't come again =(

 

[Danman]

I read my computer bed time stories before it goes to bed.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: cyco5150
Lappy=off
desktop=on

Opposite for me, depending on the ambiant temp cyco5150

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I've grown to get used to the sound of my computer (it's right beside my bed) and now I can't sleep unless there's some sort of sound

 

[DanFungus]

leave desktops on, monitor = off

 

[yakko]

Two of them share the same monitor and it goes off. The other machine is used as my TV/radio so it is always on unless I am not in here.

 

[walrus]

I turn it off, otherwise I might stay up all night.

 

[Alienwho]

I got two computers in my room, my main machine and the server. The server is really quiet, can barely even hear it. My computer sounds like a jet engine but I still always leave it on anyway cause i'm usually downloading or something but i'll just play music while i go to sleep and then it's no big deal.

 

[crab]

They stay on.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

I just turn off the monitor. It does not turn off the harddisks, those are far too busy with Kazaa and stuff anyway.
The moment I wake up I can reach out and turn on the monitor again

 

[TLfromAI]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Do You Put Your Computer To Bed At Night?

the Mac nightmares arent nearly as severe as they were a couple of months ago.

My Macmares just keep getting worse like they are the prophecy of some sort of Macageddon. I will fight to the end for the PC though and my computer sleeps well knowing this at night.

 

[spanky]

it's usually on.... but sometimes i turn it off.

 

[danii8]

It stays on, but monitor off.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Hasn't been off in 19 days.

 

[Frosty3799]

from screensaver it auto goes to sleep after 20 minutes for me