6 tips to increase the lifespan of your IT equipment

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Maintain equipment IT in your business is an easy and practical solution for Save money, with potentially significant financial impacts.

But this interview is also a The right way to act for the planet !

Indeed, a computer that lasts longer is a computer that will not have to be replaced. Or numerous studies Show that The manufacture of computer hardware generates the most negative impacts on the environment.

Better maintaining your company's computer equipment is therefore also a concrete action to be valued as part of your CSR approach.

To help you make your IT maintenance more effective, discover the list of 6 practical tips that the Rzilient team has concocted for you 🙂

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Tip 1: Preserve your battery 🔋

Is your laptop showing a notification that your battery is low? Do not wait any longer, plug it in to charge !

Also consider remove the laptop battery at least once a week, so that the battery can discharge completely on a regular basis.

With these two tips, your batteries will last much longer.

As a reminder, the cost of a battery ranges between €25 and €100. Avoiding having to replace it too often is a good source of savings.

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Tip 2: Switch off your IT equipment every night 📴

Everyone needs to rest, even your computer equipment!

In fact, if you think about Turn off your computer and its peripherals every night, by leaving your desk, you will avoid:

• La overuse of electronic components, which wear out over time;
• La overconsumption of electricity associated with keeping the devices on standby.

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And this overconsumption is not trivial. According to ADEME, a Standby computer consumes 20 to 40% of its operating consumption !

To illustrate this statistic, let's take a more telling example. If your company's computer park has 100 devices, which stay on standby all night, this is equivalent to leaving 20 to 40 machines running 24 hours a day!

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In financial terms, this represents an electricity expenditure of approximately €100 per year, per machine.

This tip therefore offers you a double impact:

• Financial : you save several thousand euros per year in electricity;
• Environmental : you use less energy.

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Tip 3: Ventilate your computer 💨

Let's continue, if you will, dear reader, with the anthropomorphic analogies! Your computer also needs to breathe. ‍

Besides, without a ventilation system, the electronic components of your computer equipment do not last very long.

This is why it is crucial to keep your machine's ventilation vents clear.

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Here are our practical tips:

• Clean ventilation areas regularly of all the company's machines;
• Invite your teams to use boosters, to allow good ventilation of the devices.

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Beyond ventilation, it is advisable to keep the work area where you install your computer equipment clean.

In fact, dust may get into the computer, which has an impact on its performance and exposes you to the risk of overheating the hardware.

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Tip 4: Take care of your equipment ⚠️

Where your computer differs from you is that it does not need to drink or eat 🙂

We therefore recommend that youavoid getting too close to your computer with drinks or food, in order to limit the risk of them falling there.

More generally, when handling or moving computer equipment, pay attention to it. Knocking them down or knocking them against a wall can seriously damage them.

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Tip 5: Protect your computer from the inside 🔒

Also inside your computer, it is useful to take precautions so that it does not suffer from software problems.

To do this, here are our tips:

• Choosing a secure password ;
• Use a software to clean your computer, such as CCleaner, in order to rid your machine of unwanted or useless files;
• Use a powerful anti-virus, in order to prevent your computer from being infected by any malicious software. To go further on the subject, consult our article on cybersecurity, a key issue for organizations;
• Train your teams in best practices in terms of using and securing their machine and the software installed on it;
• Update operating systems (OS) on all the machines in your IT fleet, in order to avoid any security breach and to optimize performance. Check out our article on the importance of updating your OS regularly.

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Tip 6: Plan to rule better! 🗓️

Maintaining a computer, in a busy working day, is often forgotten.

To avoid this, we recommend that you schedule a recurring task in your work calendar (on a monthly basis at least) of 15 minutes, dedicated to the maintenance of your machine.

It is a good investment of your time. 🙂

Indeed, if your computer is stopped, you waste hours organizing yourself to be able to continue your work, or waiting for a repair to be carried out. This can endanger the achievement of the deadlines to which you have committed yourself for your professional projects!

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Conclusion: effective maintenance requires simple actions

Maintaining your company's IT equipment means earning money and taking action for the planet. Plus, it doesn't require any effort or special skills, you just have to think about it.

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And in order for the practices we have proposed in this article to be adopted by your teams, we recommend that you:

• OForganize awareness-raising actions (such as the Digital fresco, to discover the challenges of digital technology and the environmental impacts of the sector);
• Of offer training workshops, in short format, to present best practices to your employees.

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And if, despite everything, your equipment needs to be changed, don't worry! Rzilient helps you find the best refurbished equipment, at the best prices, thanks to our network of specialized partners.

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Finally, you should also know that the RZilient teams are actively working to develop our new solution, IT Room, which anticipates breakdowns in advance, thanks to advanced AI. The latter detects weak signals warning of a risk of failure, even before it occurs!

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