Leaving a netbook on 24/7

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Whiptaka

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I recently bought a new BenQ Joybook for general use. I want to know if it's OK to leave these little guys running 24/7? It will hibernate when I sleep and when I'm at work. Should I drain the battery every couple of days to keep it alive?

Comments appreciated. Thanks.
 
No, it should not be necessary as modern batteries today do not suffer from the memory effect, as was the case with the old ni-cad technology. Also hibernation is not actually a powered-on state like standby is, as the machine actually powers off after it has saved a snapshot of the current on state of the system to its harddrive. So in fact your netbook will not be powered on 24/7. it will however be recommended to do a complete reboot every now and then just to clear the memory from time-to-time, say once a week or so. that s what I do.
 
ponder said:
My laptop is on 24/7 as I use it as my NZB/Torrent/FTP server running linux and it's 5yrs old.
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Thanks for clearing that up, didn't want to leave my lappie on permanently, but I know I can.

Perhaps I should put Linux on it too
 
ponder said:
My laptop is on 24/7 as I use it as my NZB/Torrent/FTP server running linux and it's 5yrs old.
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I'm running an ASUS EEEPC 2G surf as my torrent server, it's on 24/7 - but I've removed the battery.
What are you using for torrents on linux?

Edit: Running Windows XP with uTorrent, and uRemote for management.
 
carudden said:
What are you using for torrents on linux?
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When I still did torrents I mostly used Ktorrent, Kget or Transmission. I dumped kde yesterday and will install transmission for the odd torrent, http://www.transmissionbt.com/
For nzb I used to use kwooty. Yesterday I installed HellaNZB and it's the dogs nads. All you do is save your .nzb file in a specific folder and the daemon running in the background does the rest all the way up to end. Also has gui's & web interface available if needed.
 
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So it won't damage the netbook or anything then? Also does it get hot? I have an old notebook that can be used as a heater after it's been on for an hour.

I wonder if I can use it as a basic low power server or something.

Thanks in advance (^^)
 
-<Blatz_ztalB>- said:
So it won't damage the netbook or anything then? Also does it get hot? I have an old notebook that can be used as a heater after it's been on for an hour.

I wonder if I can use it as a basic low power server or something.

Thanks in advance (^^)
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My power pack feels like that
 
Thanks for clearing up my questions. The more I read the more confused I get regarding the battery though. Should I remove it and leave it on 24/7? What's the difference between removing it and simply keeping it plugged in?

Cheers
 
Ideally, lithium ion batteries should be stored below room temperature (but not a fridge! Condensation will kill it!) at a charge of between 25% and 75%. That's the sweet spot for preserving the life of the cells.

Don't let your battery run completely flat and leave it like that; the battery has built-in circuitry.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com is a good resource for things like this.
 
Re : Leaving a netbook on 24/7

Hi Whiptaka!!
I think there is no problem if you are using the hibernate all the time but I want to suggest you that just turn off the system once in a week due to the load of the HDD.
When we do the hibernate then one file will be store on the RAM which is stored our all the process and all the programs that is running when we click the hibernate.

After that when we start again then this all process come from the RAM itself so you got the screen very early from the welcome screen and time is less then the normal start up.

So now you have to decide the if you want to live the hibernate through the days or for the few days.
 
anisebal said:
Hi Whiptaka!!
I think there is no problem if you are using the hibernate all the time but I want to suggest you that just turn off the system once in a week due to the load of the HDD.
When we do the hibernate then one file will be store on the RAM which is stored our all the process and all the programs that is running when we click the hibernate.

After that when we start again then this all process come from the RAM itself so you got the screen very early from the welcome screen and time is less then the normal start up.

So now you have to decide the if you want to live the hibernate through the days or for the few days.
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Maybe because I'm tired or its still very early in the morning, but, what?
 
carudden said:
I'm running an ASUS EEEPC 2G surf as my torrent server, it's on 24/7 - but I've removed the battery.
What are you using for torrents on linux?

Edit: Running Windows XP with uTorrent, and uRemote for management.
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on Linux - Deluge ... :)
 
lol what the hell was that post about?
 
Yes I must say I'm also quite confused after that last piece of information. :p
 
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