If I leave my desk and know I won't be back for more than an hour I turn off my monitor completely, also I have the power save settings set to turn it off after 30 minutes anyways. Now, I'm going to do something more "constructive" and play with my light saber, and I suggest you continue playing with yours.
Well, perhaps it is to the perennially dull of wit individuals you're apparently used to dealing with.
#Mac screen saver do drives turn off install#
Since you can install Windows or many Linux OSes with a dozen clicks, that doesn't really seem like a big deal either. A lot easier than imaging a couple of hundred GBs of data, and springing for a program to boot If fact after doing so, if you import catalog files into programs such as Photoshop, all you need do is change the drive letter, and all of a sudden, it's the same as before, with all files accounted for. So, copy and paste is still the most effective way on moving huge quantities of data. I also don't really need a course in data moving for dummies. , reinstalling an operating system is far from a big deal, and certainly nothing I would ever need your help in doing. I don't put any data files on the OS drive anyway. So, I wannbe so green, that's why I never power down my computer, still comes across as oxymoronic, hypocritical, and possibly outright stupid.Īs a hedge against replacement of data issues due to failed drives, I maintain synced data across multiple computers, so that if a HDD actually does fail on me, all that need be done is a simple copy and paste operation to another drive.Īs to *****s that don't make any provision for preservation of data, here again, it's your job as a tech to listen to their problems, sell them another drive, (parts & labor of course), then recommence your sobbing all the way to the bank.Ĭlick to expand. (Here I'm speaking conceptually of course). Which incidentally, nicely coincides with the electricity costs that you tout as "savings" by not turning the drives off. Please keep in "mind" that knowledge is mostly theoretical, but performance is stone cold fact.Īll that notwithstanding, I couldn't pick a lottery number if my life depended on it, and so it goes.Īs to replacement cost of a 1 TB "green" HDD, here in the "other colonies", they are commonly available at the "$90.00" price range. It seems that when I'm talking to "service technicians" at this site, it's said that the results I'm getting can't be average, so I'm always dismissed as being "very lucky", since they know more about it than I do. So, that HDD is worth about 40 bucks nowadays, and I'm sure that 5 years is plenty of return on investment. It has been shut down thousands of times and It's still working perfectly. Cold cathode lighting may or may not follow this trend.Īs to your further nonsense with HDD life span, the WD160GB "Caviar" in the computer I'm using right now, is approaching 5 years old. So, that means, if you run them at 12 hours per day, you only break even with bulb life, but double your cost of operation. If you don't turn these light off, they will double their rated service lifespan. The only certain fact I can come up with with respect to powering down equipment involves duty cycle with respect to HID (High Intensity Discharge) lighting. Might I offer the observation that in all of your duly diligent "savings" computations, you've conveniently left out the cost of also running the monitor 24/7, which by some quirky coincidence, is the actual topic of this thread. You move other system components "green" and you will save a stack of money. At 20c/kWh, which it is approximately here, you are saving $38.
when you are running a computer 24x7 and you have say 2 hard drives in it, going from 16W to say 5W per drive results in (16-5) * 2 * 24 * 365 / 1000 = 192kWh in a single year (in savings!). Startup is a BIG source of these "situations".ĮDIT: oh yes. Having them run at a steady state results in less "situations" where it can run into problems. It isn't only thermal cycling that is the problem but mechanical wear and tear for moving components. ALL other components are 100% fully functional. It has had 1 PSU die on it and a couple of case fans.
#Mac screen saver do drives turn off Pc#
Solution: Never turn it off.įor the record in the past 8 years, I have left my main PC on 24/7 (upgraded twice in this time). Click to expand.Ever worked in tech support? 90% of problems are started with the phrase "When I went to switch on my computer.".
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