is there any harm in leaving

your computer on 24 hrs a day?

 

I think most computers can be left on 24/7. However you may want to have the monitor auto shut down after a period of time. A screen saver helps but if you are away from the PC for several hrs its better to have the monitor blank out to save the CRT or LCD. Also if connected to the internet by other than dialup (broadband, DSL) make sure you have excellent protection in place. Just my Opinion.

Jerry
Like ddp says--battery backup is a good idea too.

 

im thinking of doing this cause when i shut down it takes a bunch of reboots cause of bad startups to get it going again.

wouldnt rebooting 5-10 times at the beginning of each day be more harmful than not turning off at all?

i am thinking of turning off my monitor and disconnecting from the internet at the end of each day now but leaving the system on.

 

its also a lot easier on the Hard Drives to keep them constantly spinning then to have then spin down and spin up everytime you turn on/off your computer. less wear and tear on your components. be sure to clean out your computer every few months, because much more dust will accumulate inside by having the fans and everything running constantly.

 

will the processor slow down any if its never turned off? would a quick restart always fix that if that happened?

 

All good ideas and needed items such as a battery backup whether you keep it on 24/7 or not. But I also would suggest looking into your boot-up problem before anything else goes wrong. It might be a failing HDD as it is, and if you loose your data, I am sure you will not be a happy camper. So try to set up your system with a battery backup and also do a good defrag of your HDD and check for any errors on it as well.

 

First-No, no unless you have a severe heat issue.

Second-It never hurts to reset once in a while. I call it the Bill Gates Shuffle!

 

i took it to the service tech guy today. he put a better video card in it and said it was working better at his place but im still getting the bad startups here. i asked about the processor and power supply but he said he checked those.

 

can you be a little more specific as to the "bad startups" you're getting. it could be many different things.

damn typo

 

on the first startup today, i got a beep but the monnitor light stayed yellow and the screen stayed black.

on the 2nd and third startups i got the beep,i got a green light and the windows XP icon but after that both times i got a black and green screen with a bunch of symbols all over it (ex: !@#$%^&*)

on the 4th startup i got a clean boot.

 

It could be a bad PSU, video card, driver conflict, etc. What wattage is your PSU, how old is it, brand name or cheapy, etc.?

 

can i find that in everest home edition?

 

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name DOWNHOME-8IJI18 (???)
User Name Fred

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1350 MHz (13.5 x 100) 1500+
Motherboard Name AOpen AK77 Pro(A)-133 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8366A Apollo KT266A
System Memory 256 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (09/10/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter RADEON 9250 - Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9250 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9200 Pro (RV280)
Monitor Daewoo 710B [17" CRT] (GC91H50484)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 (74 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive LG CD-ROM CRD-8322B (32x CD-ROM)
Optical Drive SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252F (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 48516 MB (19701 MB free)
E: (FAT32) 18456 MB (11270 MB free)
F: (FAT32) 9325 MB (8704 MB free)
Total Size 74.5 GB (38.7 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (142.177.86.18)
Modem AOpen FM56-PX Controllerless PCI Modem

Peripherals
Printer Canon S330
Printer Fax
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB Device Logitech WingMan RumblePad USB

 

MODEL NO: FSP300-60ATV
AC INPUT: 115/230V-,9/4A,60/50Hz
DC OUTPUT: 330W
+3.3V~~28.0A(ORG),+5~~30.0A(RED),+12V~~15.0A(YEL)
+5Vsb~~2.0A(PURP),-5V~~0.3A(WHITE),-12V~~0.8A(BLUE)
P.G. SIGNAL (GRAY), GROUND(BLACK)
FUSE RATING:6.3A,250V-(+3.3V& +5V=200W Max)

 

Your power supply looks to have enough horsepower, but a 400+ watt power supply may be better.

Also, check for and update for your BIOS. Yours is listed at Sept. 2002. It never hurts to look and update, if available.

 

Where do you update the bios at?

 

Power Supplies ATX-250GT(PF) English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-250GT English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-250GTF English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-250GU English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-300GT(PF) English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-300GT English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-300GTF English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-300GTF English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies ATX-350GU English 3/28/2005
Report Power Supplies FSP145-60SA English /28/2005

Thats what i see there. nothing on ak77