Ok guys to be able to keep your computer in a good shape and keep running smoothly especially to those who has a brand new computer. What you need to do is keep your computer open from the start you brought it. You can turn off your monitor but not the CPU by this kind of practice life of your computer will be much more efficient rather than turn it off the CPU. You need to burn all the chips of your hardware to be able to see if your computer is perfect. The more you turn off your computer the more risk that you will encounter. It’s like a brand new car that needs to road test! Also the problem will lesser than what you now encountered. I know that some of you guys scared for living your computer on. The reason is maybe your computer will crash if you always turn it on. Well I can tell you, that it’s not true. I can tell you this because it’s already tested. If you have notice in some of the offices in all over the world all of their computer are ON. I think you know that guys. Don’t think about the electricity bill because you can’t spend hundreds for making your computer ON. I have my old computer from 1998 up to present. That computer is always open and never turns it off. The only way he can turn off is if I’m going to reboot it for the reason that I install something (a program that need to restart). And now I have my brand new Dell Dimension 9100 consisting of these specs:

Pentium® D Processor 840 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition and Redhat Linux v.9
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 4 DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
19 inch Ultrasharp™ 1905FP Digital Flat Panel
256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X850 XT PE
Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability
Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer

This computer has a DSL connected and never turn off.

I brought it 2 months ago now and never turn it off and will never turn it off even if I’m not at home. So far I haven’t encountered any problem in this computer. Warranty of this is 90 days and I don’t have a plan to extend it because I can fix whatever problem it may have. This is how can I manage my computer.

I hope these kinds of practice will help you guys. You can ask some expert too if you don’t trust me.

Peace

Message Edited by PoisonKiss on 10-04-2005 06:19 PM