@narfcake Are you running Windows 10? If so it may not actually be shutting down completely when you shut down. I found this out by running a little Uptime program that said 10 minutes after booting my uptime was 2 days.
Home computer? Once a month ish it has rebooted when I get in on. Not sure if it’s forced updates or crashes. It is 2010 hardware with a GPU update and has held up fine. Maybe when Zen3 is out a new build finally.
Usually it’s when my USB drive goes wonky and my Plex server can’t be found by my Roku… or after an update or new software or if I’m going out of town for more than a few days. My laptop gets turned off when i put it away since I usually use a box.
My graphics card failed last week and I had to power down to figure out what was wrong. I changed the battery, cloned my hard drive and will replace the graphics card today. I found a used one which just came in yesterday evening. Otherwise I try not to power down. Will upgrade to SSD when prices come down for prime day or black friday.
I had an XP system that was up for 3-4 years. The only thing it was doing was getting GPS time data from a serial port, and it was isolated from the Internet.
My home desktop computer and work laptop are powered down every day. I hate wasting electricity when they are not in use. And I’m always afraid they may overheat and start a fire when left on unsupervised.
My personal laptop gets turned on maybe 3 times a month. Work laptop all the way off, every Friday night. Most of my screen time is with this tablet, my phone, or the Xbox. I have very little need to use a computer outside of work.
I would say earlier this month but we’re only 2 days into the month.
Earlier today. No need to keep it “always on” when it only takes like 10 seconds to boot thanks to the SSD.
@narfcake Are you running Windows 10? If so it may not actually be shutting down completely when you shut down. I found this out by running a little Uptime program that said 10 minutes after booting my uptime was 2 days.
@narfcake @yakkoTDI Yeah, Windows 10 defaults to the “Fast Startup” feature which is hibernate rather than true shutdown.
@macromeh @narfcake That is yet another stupid feature in Windows 10.
@narfcake @yakkoTDI Just open the Task Manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc will do it), the Performance tab shows uptime below all the other info.
@narfcake @yakkoTDI
How to disable Fast startup in Windows 10 OS
About three months ago when I added another hdd, but it’s going down tonight since my ISP borked my upgrade and I have no internet
The microsoft pieces of shit at work, weekly. The microsoft piece of shit servers monthly.
Last time the UPS ran out during a power failure, which was 73 days ago.
@awk Not running windows I assume.
Earlier this month. It crashed, again, like last month.
Work computer? Updates. Usually 2+months up.
Home computer? Once a month ish it has rebooted when I get in on. Not sure if it’s forced updates or crashes. It is 2010 hardware with a GPU update and has held up fine. Maybe when Zen3 is out a new build finally.
Mid August, the last time I went somewhere on vacation.
I reboot when I update the kernel.
Windows computer scum: shut it off every time I’m done playing a videogame.
macOS laptop: shuts itself off when it decides to be tempermental about a USB peripheral, or when VMware causes a kernel panic, or wtf-ever.
glorious beloved Linux machine: kernel updates, hardware changes, power outages, and moving days.
When my UPS batteries crapped out a few weeks ago. Speaking of crapped… I’ll bet most everyone here won’t be short of T ppr this winter.
Every time I use it bc the internal battery is dead my laptop and I to use the outlet plug to power it up
The workstations get powered down every night. My XServe G5 file server hasn’t been powered down for 3,127 days according to the system log.
@ruouttaurmind
Usually it’s when my USB drive goes wonky and my Plex server can’t be found by my Roku… or after an update or new software or if I’m going out of town for more than a few days. My laptop gets turned off when i put it away since I usually use a box.
My graphics card failed last week and I had to power down to figure out what was wrong. I changed the battery, cloned my hard drive and will replace the graphics card today. I found a used one which just came in yesterday evening. Otherwise I try not to power down. Will upgrade to SSD when prices come down for prime day or black friday.
I had an XP system that was up for 3-4 years. The only thing it was doing was getting GPS time data from a serial port, and it was isolated from the Internet.
As a matter of fact mine just crashed a couple of hours ago after a spinning wheel of death and a forced quit didn’t work.
My home desktop computer and work laptop are powered down every day. I hate wasting electricity when they are not in use. And I’m always afraid they may overheat and start a fire when left on unsupervised.
Every night. Three systems are done. The PC that has my weather station is running 24/7.
It’s been so long I’m afraid to turn it off because it might not start again.
My personal laptop gets turned on maybe 3 times a month. Work laptop all the way off, every Friday night. Most of my screen time is with this tablet, my phone, or the Xbox. I have very little need to use a computer outside of work.
Which one?