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  • phogirl69
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 3330

    #16
    Not to sound dumb, but I've always wondered what "standby mode" exactly does? does that consume power/electricity, or not?

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    • Ash@phpFX
      Confirmed User
      • Nov 2003
      • 4292

      #17
      my monitor switches off after 15 mins, i leave the pc on if im only going to be geone an hour or so, otherwise i hibernate, i never shut down, just hibernate, unless there is some serious memory leak or something, then i reboot, this happens maybe once a month

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      • BMI Lace
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        • Mar 2004
        • 16116

        #18
        Originally posted by The Heron
        Seeing as we are webmasters my bet is they don't leave it on the same image for more than a few hours... in between checking stats they probably jerk off a few times.
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        • pussyluver
          Clueless OleMan
          • Mar 2003
          • 11009

          #19
          Originally posted by Tala
          standby mode is what mine's on unless a storm is brewing then I turn it completely off.
          Pull the plug for that storm. A simple off doesn't do it on todays computers.

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          • beemk
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            • Jan 2002
            • 20829

            #20
            i leave it on unless i go on vacation, i turn the monitor off some of the time, when i dont... the computer does it automatically after 15 minutes or so
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            • angeleyes
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2003
              • 3584

              #21
              Originally posted by Paraskass
              I dare your fucking asses to leave a monitor on 24/7 on the same image for days on end.

              Try it and tell me.
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              • Jill_J
                Confirmed User
                • May 2004
                • 3599

                #22
                I leave it on with a screensaver

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                • grumpy
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                  • Jan 2002
                  • 9870

                  #23
                  Only a screensaver
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                  • Manowar
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                    • Dec 2003
                    • 71528

                    #24
                    i just turn my tft off

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                    • mcmc
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                      • Feb 2004
                      • 1705

                      #25
                      standby mode ... no prob
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                      • Nanda
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                        • Jul 2003
                        • 5310

                        #26
                        Originally posted by pornJester
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                        • Sly_RJ
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                          • Feb 2002
                          • 17042

                          #27
                          Actually, either I have really bad luck or you guys are full of shit. My LCD shows a little burn sometimes on the top of the screen from my IE bar. It isn't anything too bad like words or images, but instead I can see the horizontal lines quite often.

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                          • Tom_PMs
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 2049

                            #28
                            Monitor after 20 mins.

                            Disks after 15 mins.

                            System Standby after 30 mins.

                            Power off everynight before bed. Confirms proper bootup each day.

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                            • wyldblyss
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 5779

                              #29
                              Laptop: Just close the damn lid.
                              Desktop: Turn off the monitor.

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                              • warlock5
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2004
                                • 2808

                                #30
                                Originally posted by pussyluver
                                Pull the plug for that storm. A simple off doesn't do it on todays computers.
                                Storm is the only time my computer goes off.. sometimes the only time its even restarted. Earlier this year I had my machine running for over 20 days without being restarted. The last month or two it seems like its storms every week

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