bonn2@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoForget star signs, what key do you press to wake up your computer from sleep?message-squaremessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1216arrow-down1message-squareForget star signs, what key do you press to wake up your computer from sleep?bonn2@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square265fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s the way. Turning computers off isn’t good for them anyway.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoyep, thermal cycling from on and off is worse on the hardware than just leaving it on and idle.
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThere are some ancient hard drives that still spin purely because they have not had a chance to stop in the last decade. I have serviced some of them. It was terrifying.
That’s the way. Turning computers off isn’t good for them anyway.
yep, thermal cycling from on and off is worse on the hardware than just leaving it on and idle.
There are some ancient hard drives that still spin purely because they have not had a chance to stop in the last decade. I have serviced some of them.
It was terrifying.