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Kles

Posted on 03-26-07 10:57 PM

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Your computer must seriously suck ass then.

HyperHacker

Posted on 03-26-07 11:34 PM

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Nah, just has either bad drivers or Windows ME.

The computer at work has some sort of PSU problem. When turned on it will sit there for about 20 minutes, powering off and on every second or so. Their solution is to not turn it off (

) but some idiots do anyway (

again). Weird thing is it's more common on cold mornings, I suspect frost builds up in it or something.

Katelyn

Posted on 03-27-07 12:08 AM

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I once had to turn off the computer through the power strip because nothing would work, not even a Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

At least that doesn't happen that often anymore...

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Posted on 03-27-07 12:42 AM (rev. 2 of 03-27-07 12:43 AM)

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	I keep my computer on throughout weekends/days I'm off from school, and on after school on school days. I shut down my computer before I go to bed, unless I'm downloading some huge-ass file. ____________________ kimi gakure ta yuuki wa OKKUSENMAN OKKUSENMAN sugi sarishi kisetsu wa DORAMATIKKU

Darkdata

Posted on 03-27-07 01:03 AM

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The all powerful, almighty sleep mode for the win. :p
I only ever restart on a crash, and that is usually due to my own stupidity.

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Kernal

Posted on 03-27-07 01:06 AM

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I always found power-saving modes annoying, especially the ones on laptops that kick in when you put the lid down. I'm often on my laptop at work and I close the lid of someone talks to me so that they focus on the conversation and not the laptop, and then I get kicked off AIM and have to re-log into the network, etc.

HyperHacker

Posted on 03-27-07 01:07 AM

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I just have mine turn the screen off.

Posted by Katelyn
I once had to turn off the computer through the power strip because nothing would work, not even a Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

At least that doesn't happen that often anymore...

You can usually just hold the power button for a few seconds instead.

Kernal

Posted on 03-27-07 01:08 AM

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I miss the days of actual hard power switches and reset buttons. Not these finicky software things that just tell the OS to shut down, which don't work when the OS won't shut down!

Kles

Posted on 03-27-07 01:32 AM

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Erm, mine has a power switch and reset button?

Kernal

Posted on 03-27-07 01:34 AM

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How old is it?

My Linux machine has a reset button but still a soft power button, but it isn't working right now. It needs a new power supply, the one part that's the biggest pain in the neck to replace (other than maybe the motherboard).

Katelyn

Posted on 03-27-07 01:40 AM

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My old computer had both a hard power button and a reset button

Kernal

Posted on 03-27-07 01:42 AM (rev. 2 of 03-27-07 01:42 AM)

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Yeah, I guess people preferred the convenience of a computer that turns off automatically after shutdown once popular OSes evolved to the point where shutdown takes a while. (In DOS, you can just cut power at the prompt, and Windows 3.1 shus down pretty quickly.)

Katelyn

Posted on 03-27-07 01:44 AM

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Well, this is my 999th post

I would love to have a Linux-only computer eventually

Kernal

Posted on 03-27-07 01:48 AM

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I had that in 2004-2005, and it was awesome, but if you like newer games you'll want a Windows computer or spend a lot of time finagling to get them to work. I mostly play older games on emulators (NES/SNES/C64 etc. and DOSbox), but occasionally I'll play a more recent (but still old) strategy game like Civilization III or Age of Empires.

Xkeeper

Posted on 03-27-07 03:57 PM

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Power buttons override the "soft" setting if you hold them for 4 seconds.

Highly useful knowledge.

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Trapster

Posted on 03-27-07 04:19 PM

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I´ve used that on my computer many times before. I have a restart button just below the main start button.

I got a power switch for my power supply on the back of my computer too.

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HyperHacker

Posted on 03-27-07 10:47 PM

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Yep, mine has that. Hell, don't all PSUs have a switch these days?

Mine is interesting as it keeps power to the keyboard, mouse, and certain USB ports when turned off. This is good for keeping cordless mice charged, but those don't seem to like my room to begin with. Curiously, when unplugged (or the PSU is switched off), it won't do this until it's been turned on.

Koitenshin -∞

Posted on 03-27-07 11:10 PM

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Posted by HyperHacker
Yep, mine has that. Hell, don't all PSUs have a switch these days?

Mine is interesting as it keeps power to the keyboard, mouse, and certain USB ports when turned off. This is good for keeping cordless mice charged, but those don't seem to like my room to begin with. Curiously, when unplugged (or the PSU is switched off), it won't do this until it's been turned on.

Actually not all of the computers these days have PSU's. My mother has one of those HP "thin clients" that I gave to her for running low games on. Solitaire, Diamond Mine, etc.

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