To 24/7 or Not to 24/7. That is the question!

[TerraMex]

I know what a screensaver is.
Just never heard of ghosting (as MMZ nicely put it). We still have a few 14" oldies (including a smaller 13" black and white monitor for the novell server). Never seen those events (and those were abused monitors).
I know the phosphorus layer does get "yellow" by usage (and age), and starts loosing brightness, but never actually heard of the cathode burning an image on the layer (doesnt it have to damage the colour grid too?...) .
Always thought that the cathode didnt have enough power for that.
Anyway, sounds a nice thing to have on display (pun intended).

[gruntledweasel]

for todays color monitors as time to burn on modern monitors takes MONTHS of consistant image.

Always thought that the cathode didnt have enough power for that.

We're not talking about months so much as years. They barely used that computer for anything, except routing stuff. The closest thing I've seen is "taskbar burn" on a crap office monitor that had been running win95/98 for ages.

There's another funny story about that computer. I remember a LAN party we had where half-life wouldn't run on most of our PCs. Executable had been modified by a virus, and so it refused to start (nice feature, that!). After the scan and disinfect orgy, we tried scanning the router. Thing had well over 40K infected files, from over a dozen different viruses. It was so virusified that we had to scan it over the network. In fact, I think 40K wasn't the actual number of infected files. We just got sick of tying up one guy's computer with scanning duty, and the owner of the router had long since given up hope for anything other than a reformat.

[rogerdugans]

Another 24/7 here.

I have always run 24/7 since I believe that it is better for teh hardware (some past IBM hard drives notwitstanding)
Since I keep 'em running anyway, I do participate in DC project (s).
Systems: 4
Eheim 1048 that has been running almost constantly for a few years.
3 Eheim 1250s of various ages from about 2 years to 1 year.

Computers are turned off for modding and part swaps only.
Reboots are as infrequent as possible- since I use Linux and Win2k, uptimes of months are the rule.

[Raccoon]

I run my computer about 4-5 hours a day, turn it off when I sleep, then go to work/school then get home and turn it on

[agiacobbi]

24/7 here and will be 24/7 when I get all the W/C stuff hooked up also. Of course I'll have to shut it off when I switch over to W/C, hopefully by the end of the week. All the stuf is here just waiting on the top of my PC-76. It at a buddys shop getting 3 yes three 120 holes cut in it to fit a ThermoChill HE120 3 rad.

[kronchev]

the only time ive had this off was for hardware upgrades.

[j3rkoff]

I voted 24/7 a week ago, but since I set up the pelt, I'm now running < 24/7. I turn it off when I'm not around, I don't want any miscellaneous fires starting while I'm not here.

[JokerCPoC]

Originally Posted by Varsis

funny thing is screen savers were originally for old black and white monitors
they aren't needed for todays color monitors as time to burn on modern monitors takes MONTHS of consistant image.
maybe that monitor was overpowering the tube and thats what cased the burn, or a weak weak phosperous layer.
dont you guys just love my spellen!

Oh yeah, Me and My 18.1" LCD monitor love Your spelling.

[syncmaster]

My System never see's darkness I't just burns, burns ,burns