can i turn my computer off but still leave my computer monitor on at the same time ????
so if i can , can someone tell me how to do it please.
so if i can , can someone tell me how to do it please.
can i turn my computer off but still leave my computer monitor on
Why would you need it on 
But yes anyway just plug it into a seperate socket from the computer. Unless you are connecting something else to it why do you want it on ?
But yes anyway just plug it into a seperate socket from the computer. Unless you are connecting something else to it why do you want it on ?
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Why would you need it on But yes anyway just plug it into a seperate socket from the computer. Unless you are connecting something else to it why do you want it on ?”
“Why would you need it on
But yes anyway just plug it into a seperate socket from the computer. Unless you are connecting something else to it why do you want it on ?”
plugging in a seperate socket wont do that , because when i turn my computer off , the screen goes of as well , and they are both in seperate plug sockets.
the reson i want it too stay on , is i need a new computer monitor , moved house recently and it got damaged , and it now takes a while to come on , but once on it works fine , its like i said it can take up to a few hours to come on. so while waiting to buy a new monitor i thought i ask the question. my pc has been on 24 hours a day since wednesday day , i am frightend my pc might over heat or something.
Nearly all monitors go into a sleep mode if the video input signal is turned off as would be the case when you turn off the PC. And in any case with the PC turned off there would be nothing to display even if it didn't go into sleep mode.
You might be able to disable the sleep mode in the menus of the monitor. Whether that makes a blind bit of difference to anything depends on what exactly is broken.
I have PCs at work that have been on 24/7 for years on end, bar the odd re-boot and they work fine. You just have to ensure the vents and CPU heatsink don't get clogged up with gunge and there is decent airflow for the vent fans.
You might be able to disable the sleep mode in the menus of the monitor. Whether that makes a blind bit of difference to anything depends on what exactly is broken.
I have PCs at work that have been on 24/7 for years on end, bar the odd re-boot and they work fine. You just have to ensure the vents and CPU heatsink don't get clogged up with gunge and there is decent airflow for the vent fans.
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“Nearly all monitors go into a sleep mode if the video input signal is turned off as would be the case when you turn off the PC. And in any case with the PC turned off there would be nothing to display even if it didn't go into sleep mode.
You might be able to disable the sleep mode in the menus of the monitor. Whether that makes a blind bit of difference to anything depends on what exactly is broken.
I have PCs at work that have been on 24/7 for years on end, bar the odd re-boot and they work fine. You just have to ensure the vents and CPU heatsink don't get clogged up with gunge and there is decent airflow for the vent fans.”
“Nearly all monitors go into a sleep mode if the video input signal is turned off as would be the case when you turn off the PC. And in any case with the PC turned off there would be nothing to display even if it didn't go into sleep mode.
You might be able to disable the sleep mode in the menus of the monitor. Whether that makes a blind bit of difference to anything depends on what exactly is broken.
I have PCs at work that have been on 24/7 for years on end, bar the odd re-boot and they work fine. You just have to ensure the vents and CPU heatsink don't get clogged up with gunge and there is decent airflow for the vent fans.”
thanks for the advice
Originally Posted by jonboy35:
“plugging in a seperate socket wont do that , because when i turn my computer off , the screen goes of as well , and they are both in seperate plug sockets.
the reson i want it too stay on , is i need a new computer monitor , moved house recently and it got damaged , and it now takes a while to come on , but once on it works fine , its like i said it can take up to a few hours to come on. so while waiting to buy a new monitor i thought i ask the question. my pc has been on 24 hours a day since wednesday day , i am frightend my pc might over heat or something.”
“plugging in a seperate socket wont do that , because when i turn my computer off , the screen goes of as well , and they are both in seperate plug sockets.
the reson i want it too stay on , is i need a new computer monitor , moved house recently and it got damaged , and it now takes a while to come on , but once on it works fine , its like i said it can take up to a few hours to come on. so while waiting to buy a new monitor i thought i ask the question. my pc has been on 24 hours a day since wednesday day , i am frightend my pc might over heat or something.”
When you turn off your PC it turns of the graphics card that is creating the pictures. With it off there's nothing to show. As already posted it will normally go into a power saving mode which may or may not solve your problem. No harm in trying it out.
Personally, I wouldn't leave anything faulty plugged into the mains. Since you don't know what's causing the fault, there may be an intermittent short circuit.
Then, I do tend to worry a lot.
Then, I do tend to worry a lot.
there is absolutely no harm in leaving the pc switched on 24 hours a day, they are designed to be able to do this.
Leaving a faulty monitor switched on 24 hours a day though, I would be a bit worried about .
Leaving a faulty monitor switched on 24 hours a day though, I would be a bit worried about .
Originally Posted by coachtrip_fan99:
“there is absolutely no harm in leaving the pc switched on 24 hours a day, they are designed to be able to do this.
Leaving a faulty monitor switched on 24 hours a day though, I would be a bit worried about .”
“there is absolutely no harm in leaving the pc switched on 24 hours a day, they are designed to be able to do this.
Leaving a faulty monitor switched on 24 hours a day though, I would be a bit worried about .”
It depends on the fault, in this case the fault appears to be not coming on from cold - this is normally faulty capacitors in the startup circuit, so 'may' be perfectly safe,
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“It depends on the fault, in this case the fault appears to be not coming on from cold - this is normally faulty capacitors in the startup circuit, so 'may' be perfectly safe,”
“It depends on the fault, in this case the fault appears to be not coming on from cold - this is normally faulty capacitors in the startup circuit, so 'may' be perfectly safe,”
but when it comes to safetly... Id want something a bit more than "may be".
the chances of it exploding / starting a fire are probably very slim, but I know a lot of people are wary about leaving appliances switched on constantly.
