Re: Shutting Down PC vs Standby to save powerand wear & tear

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:41:52 -0400, Daniel G.
<Quadzila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All,
I've heard some people say it's better to let your PC go into standby
rather than manually shutting it down if the PC won't be used for a
long period of time. I usually shut my PC down manually to save on
electricity as well as wear & tear on the PCs fan & hard drives
although I know the HDs would be spared w/standby mode. Some say that
the act of shutting down and booting back up later puts stress on the
PC and therefore its better to let the PC run and use standby. Also,
what's the difference between "sleep" mode and "standby"?

Is that true regarding the stress put on the PC at startup? If so,
what is it that's stressed and/or why else is it stressful? Thanks!
Shutting down seems faster than Hibernate on my systems ((640M->1.5G RAM) by a
third of the Hibernate time.
Thermal stress is an issue ONLY if there are wide swings in a short time (over
10deg C per hour. I would shoot for even less, say 5 per hour.)
Stable room temperatures, excellent CASE cooling (no hot spots when compared
to same component in free air)
S U
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