Is it ok to turn off the monitor even when the programs are running in your PC?

@healer (1779)
India
April 10, 2008 3:26pm CST
Once again another computer related question, if you go through the topics i have started you will find that almost all are computer related question. Anyway i am very poor in computer stuffs so i have to seek mylotters help now and then. What i really want to know is that i switch on my computer twenty four hours a day and most of the time its left idle downloading movies or other mp3's etc. So, i was wondering if i switch off the monitor as its not a LCD so power consumption is high, while the programs are running like downloading from torrent, is it safe as i want to save some energy at least while sleeping. If its not safe than why? Please suggest something for me again on this, thank you all.
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13 responses
10tacl3
@10tacl3 (227)
• Romania
10 Apr 08
you can leave your monitor turned off...it won't affect the performance of your PC or the data in the PC...the monitor is just a "map" of the PC ... i hope you understood what i was trying to say :P
healer
@healer (1779)
• India
10 Apr 08
thanks a lot for the response, if thats the case from tonight i will turn off the power switch of the monitor and in this way i save some digits in the electricity bills.
p_vadla
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
11 Apr 08
Yes, Yes, Yes. You can turn off and on the monitor when some programs are running on the computer. It saves lot of power.
lingli_78
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
11 Apr 08
it should be ok... my hubby does that every night as he always download something from the torrent every night... and he switched off the monitor when we are sleeping... the next morning he switch off the computer when we are going to work... so far, we never have any problem... i think it should be fine...
zxtzxt
@zxtzxt (214)
• Philippines
11 Apr 08
This is a very common practice especially when you are leaving your PC on overnight. I always turn off the monitor whenever I leave the room and just leave the PC on. this way you save hours of energy supposedly will be consume by your monitor.
chrysz
@chrysz (1602)
• Philippines
11 Apr 08
Our PC is open 24/7 and we just turn off the monitor to minimize power consumption. I dont think there is trouble with that. My hubby said that computer gets more easily broken when it is turned on and off frequently and of course, it is more time and power consuming.
opindersinghbuttar
@opindersinghbuttar (52)
• India
11 Apr 08
yes u can always turn of ur monitor while ur computer is still running. the monitor is just an output device which is there to tell u what exactly is going on in your computer ....it will in no case harm of affect the performance of your computer.... might just cut a little in ur electricity bill(good thing. lol) i do that all the time ...... my monitor is off all night while my computer is downloading stuff! enjoy!!!!
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Apr 08
This would not be an issue in any way at all. The monitor is purely there to display what is transpiring. Strictly speaking you can use a computer without a monitor if you can mentally picture what the interface is like.
cher913
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
10 Apr 08
yes absolutely. i leave my computer on at work all the time and turn off the moniter just so if my other office mates need to pull up an email, they dont have to wait for it to load (i only work part time and i have the main account for the company.
ferdzNK
@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
10 Apr 08
They are right Healer, its perfectly ok to turn your monitor off when not in use, they do that on servers. The only problem i could see with this is when you do it often than necessary. CRT Monitors consume more power at startup, due to heating up of it elements, until it is normalized. This is the reason why pictures take some time to appear when you turn it on.
Patsie Hatley
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Apr 08
I do not think thats a wise thing to do as you cannot see when you are finished and I think the computer will work better with the monitor on. that is my take anyway
cream97
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
10 Apr 08
I guess it would be okay. Just as long as you don't lose any saved data.
RedX922
@RedX922 (143)
• Romania
10 Apr 08
yes you can turn off the monitor... you won't affect the performace of your pc...The pc would work properly...
ganderzz
@ganderzz (30)
•
11 Apr 08
I do it all the time and it is safe. You don't want to leave your computer on for a long time though. It can overheat and have other problems. Make sure to only turn off your moitor and not the tower ;)