shut down ur computer plz...

Shut Down Your Computer

Want to save some energy and reduce your electric bill? Shut down your computer when you're not sitting in front of it. Pretty basic notion ... but apparently a lot of people leave their computers turned on overnight - especially their work computer. The Wall Street Journal is reporting:

A recent report estimated that American businesses could save $1.72 billion each year merely by getting more employees to shut off their computers at night or allow the machines to enter an energy-saving mode.

Many people think that turning on and off their computers will wear out the computer due to the electrical surge and/or the spin up of the hard drive. While computers have very few moving parts (fans and hard drives) leaving them on when you don’t need them is a bad idea. Monitors are your biggest problem though as they use up the most electricity and the light sources in them can only last for so long. So anytime you walk away from your computer you should hit the power button on your monitor or at least set your power settings so that if your computer is not used for 5 minutes the monitor turns off.

The next thing we need to realize is that computers have electrical current running though them when the power is on and the fans and hard drives are spinning whenever the computer is on. At some point something is going to fail just due to age and the longer you keep your computer on when you are not using it the sooner that will happen. So your best bet is to turn off your computer and all peripherals when you are not using them. Some people even suggest unplugging any peripherals, even down to cell phone chargers, because as long as they are plugged in they are using some electricity.

Come on guys, do your part to save some electricity.

Reminder: You are not doing it bcoz u want to save some electricity, but because Allah tak suka org membazir.