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Old April 9th 10, 03:02 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
John McGaw
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Default More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On 4/9/2010 8:18 AM, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote:
On 4/9/2010 11:26, Nicholas Dreyer wrote:
I keep my PC on for at most a few hours a day. After it has powered
down, is it safer to shut off all power to the motherboard using the
toggle switch on the power supply, or is it better to leave it on, or
does it not matter at all?


Soft-off still draws electricity. If you worried about fire, shut off
all power.


And if you are really really worried, unplug it entirely. No telling when
bad switch karma will catch up with you...