Guest IRARI Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i just got a new computer (pentium dual-core e5400 @ 2.70 ghz/6gb ram); how often i should restart compy if i want optimal performance it boots up pretty quickly but i just find it a bit of a pain in the asshole to shut down everytime i think i'm not gonna be using it for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 that is a question that's impossible to answer without more details for example, if you use firefox, it STILL has major memory leak issues. if you use chrome, it doesn't. this would be a big factor. the same basically applies for any badly written, leaky applications* (soulseek used have a big problem with this) *not calling firefox badly written btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IRARI Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 that is a question that's impossible to answer without more details for example, if you use firefox, it STILL has major memory leak issues. if you use chrome, it doesn't. this would be a big factor. the same basically applies for any badly written, leaky applications (soulseek used have a big problem with this) memory leaks are something that i was reading on before i made this thread... the main culprit in my usage has seemed to be jdownloader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I turn my computer off every night because its 10 years old & makes all sorts of loud noises that keep me awake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
data Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 once or twice per month, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomeperson Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I turn my computer off every night because its 10 years old & makes all sorts of loud noises that keep me awake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 if your firefox is still leaky, all you need to do is restart firefox though, not the whole computer. I use Firefox 3.5.7 with some minimal extensions, haven't found many problems in the way of "leakage".... I shut down my computer every night though, cause it's a laptop and I have to perform arcane rituals to get maximum battery life out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 $ uptime 20:12 up 3 days, 48 mins, 3 users, load averages: 0.35 0.35 0.41 Once a week, on average. It's a laptop, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnTqs Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i turn off my computer at night to save the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 once or twice per month, maybe. Same here. Only for kernel upgrades. Firefox has always been a memory mess. But I don't think Firefox actually "leaks" these days. It's just not good at releasing memory. When I go from 50 to 5 tabs the memory usage hardly drops. Rebooting is not that important these days. You might as well just restart the programs that are taking too much resources. Even my Win7 laptop goes on for weeks (using standby) without acting weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fishtank Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I put mine to sleep whenever I leave the house otherwise it's always on if you blow the dust out every week or so you'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i always turn my computer off at 10pm to stop me looking at naughty websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i always turn my computer off at 10pm to stop me looking at naughty websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 once or twice per month, maybe. Same here. Only for kernel upgrades. Firefox has always been a memory mess. But I don't think Firefox actually "leaks" these days. It's just not good at releasing memory. When I go from 50 to 5 tabs the memory usage hardly drops. Rebooting is not that important these days. You might as well just restart the programs that are taking too much resources. Even my Win7 laptop goes on for weeks (using standby) without acting weird. i think it may have something to do with the "undo closed tab function", it probably keeps some (most of them ?) bits of them in the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 ever since i installed win 7 x64 i get complete system lockups about once a day never had this problem under xp x86 and don't have it under ubuntu i think it's dodgy RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IRARI Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 ever since i installed win 7 x64 i get complete system lockups about once a day never had this problem under xp x86 and don't have it under ubuntu i think it's dodgy RAM i'm running windows 7 64-bit and i don't get those lockups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 that probably because your RAM is non-dodgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 computers are like pets, you get to know their moods and foibles. even with that, you take them out to potty before you go off somewhere, just to cover your bases..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 3760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Every night when I go to sleep.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Why wouldn't you turn your computer off when you're done with it? That's just laziness. Save the pl4n3t!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 i turn off my computer at night to save the world Me too. And save on my electric bills. Mine crashed about 5 times last night as I was trying to get a sodding MPD16 to work through my USB-midi converter. Sorted it now though. Seems to be a general problem with windows and the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveffisher Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I only restart it if there a Mac update and it asks me to. Otherwise, I don't. I switch it off at night and turn it on again in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I haven't had a single problem since installing W7 64 bit last year. But I turn it off every night as the fan gets on my nerves when I'm trying to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Mine runs for months at a time. It keeps a constant temperature inside the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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