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XPS 720 on 24/7?
How many of you turn your high-end machines off, and how many leave them on 24/7?
Dell shipped our XPS with the "suspend" thing enabled, but when it wakes up it likes to run the fans on max until a reboot, and has some other quirks.
To prevent thermal stress (7,500 thermal cycles are what the Intel CPU's are rated), we just leave them on 24/7. Even with the dual 8800GTX's.
Do any of you actually turn your machines off?
Dell shipped our XPS with the "suspend" thing enabled, but when it wakes up it likes to run the fans on max until a reboot, and has some other quirks.
To prevent thermal stress (7,500 thermal cycles are what the Intel CPU's are rated), we just leave them on 24/7. Even with the dual 8800GTX's.
Do any of you actually turn your machines off?
pdschweitzer
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October 8th, 2007 13:00
PaulTech
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October 8th, 2007 13:00
Every machine crash I that I can remember has come at POST, shortly before, or shortly thereafter.
And with with the Intel's speed step thing and monitor power down, I would imagine the 8 hour/day energy savings to be minimal.
We toyed with the idea of letting it go into "suspend" ... but in theory, that would not only power cycle it more often if left unattended during the day (long lunch maybe), but it would be on for a longer time overall . For instance, if we set the power off to 2 hours, it would suspend at midnight instead of a manual power-down at 10pm.
I wonder how the majority of XPS 7XX users power their machines.
Message Edited by PaulTech on 10-08-2007 09:53 AM
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October 8th, 2007 14:00
MoneyGuyBK
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October 8th, 2007 15:00
Message Edited by MoneyGuyBK on 10-08-2007 09:13 AM
CHSIsupplier
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October 8th, 2007 15:00
PaulTech
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October 8th, 2007 16:00
I am sure there has been some increase in the electric bill, but nothing that jumps out at me when taking it out of the envelope. Certainly not $100 or anything like that. Maybe 5 to 10 bucks per month for the extra 8 hours a day.
Then again, I had an 105Watt AMD FX-55 with 2x6800 Ultra cards sitting where this machine sat before it arrived ... so I am probably only seeing the difference in draw between those two machines.
Message Edited by PaulTech on 10-08-2007 12:54 PM
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October 8th, 2007 16:00
Gumba
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April 18th, 2008 15:00
I turn my machine off ,between the dust that would be pulled into the PC if it was on 24/7 and the wear and tear on the moving parts ,I have always believed in turning your machine off. Now if you are on you PC 8+ hours a day then perhaps you could make a good argument for leaving it on ! However a fresh re-boot is always good for a PC. Those who leave their PC on all the time I would recomend you turn iit off once a month to clean the dust bunnies out . Even my PC that is on only 3-4 hours a day has alot of dust built up after just a couple of months !
Take Care ,Nick
gdwrnch3
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April 18th, 2008 16:00
With the exception of our servers, we power our equipment off at the days end.
We are trying to do our part to conserve energy.