Does turning on and off your computer affect the power supply?
Is this true?
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i don't think turning your computer on and off will damage your power supply. check your fans and make sure you are getting the proper ventilation going in and out of your computer, also check the wattage your power supply has. if your power supply does not have enough power to handle your system you could burn the power supply. good luck!
That's true. You will do more harm than good by constantly turning your computer on and off. I would suggest to turn your monitor off when leaving for an extended period of time. Your computer will be just fine by leaving it on. Hope this helps.
There are two different camps on this one. The ones that tell you to leave the computer on and the others that tell you to shut the computer down. First of all, regardless of whether you turn your computer off or not, the power supply should not fail in four months. Check your electrical outlet to make sure it is properly ground. This can be down with an inexpensive outlet tester that can be found in the electrical department in any hardware store.
Unless you have your computer plugged into a properly ground, conditioned, and surge protected electrical connection, you are leaving your computer vulnerable to electrical surges that will not only take out your power supply, but can take out your hard drive, video card, RAM, processor, and motherboard. Even if you have all of the proper line filter in place, a spike can still get through and damage your computer. Your computer is vulnerable enough to spikes when you are actually using. Why expose it more by leaving it on when not using it. Also, when you shut your computer off when not using it, you save electricity and money.
Two months ago, there was a drunk that hit a power pole late one night. The resulting spike from the cables arcing and transformer blowing took out every computer and high end computerized appliance that was turned on for a 10 block radius. The amount of damage from the electrical surge made the local news. We even had it take a server out at one of our sites. It took out both processors, the motherboard, and RAID controller, and this server had all the proper line filtering, surge protection, and UPS.
Personal Computers were not meant to be left on all the time. They are not mainframes. I've been working with computers for over 26 years and shutting them down when not in use. In all this time, I have only had to replace two power supplies, and those were because the fans had failed in them.
So ask yourself what is better to lose, a $50 power supply or a $1,000 computer?
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