Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-10 Thread Ben Buxton
Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing: > I wonder what the pros and cons are of leaving ones domestic grade home computer >powered up continually. > > I have one of lionels dual cpu celeron smp motherboards. > > Is it better to power up and down only when using it, or

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Michael Lake
"Broun, Bevan" wrote: > > on Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:43:24PM +1000, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** BUT do listen to the weather reports each evening. ** > > If a thunderstorm is predicted turn em off and disconnect the power > > I have heard of pcs being zapped down the telephon

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Broun, Bevan
on Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:43:24PM +1000, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** BUT do listen to the weather reports each evening. ** > If a thunderstorm is predicted turn em off and disconnect the power I have heard of pcs being zapped down the telephone line, so modems should be pulled

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Michael Lake
Peter Chubb wrote: > > > "Peter" == Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter> I wonder what the pros and cons are of leaving ones domestic > Peter> grade home computer powered up continually. I have one of > Peter> lionels dual cpu celeron smp motherboards. > > I've found that mos

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Voytek Eymont
** Reply to note from Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:11:10 +1000 > Is it better to power up and down only when using it, or leave it running >continuously? > Is it better to never power it down, even? most electrical/electronic components fail when warming up/cooling do

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread David
nearly all my equipment failures have been network cards and power supplies. None of my servers (which run 24/7) have ever had a power supply fail. On 10 Oct 2002, Patrick Kelso wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 11:13, Peter Chubb wrote: > > > "Peter" == Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write

RE: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Marty Richards
I run loads of machines 24/7. The ones that die usually do so overnite, most commonly with a smokey power supply failure. Occasionally (twice) I lost the power supply, motherboard and CPU all at once - but again its overnite so I didn't get to see them. Bodgy SpaceWalker motherboards is a likely

Re: [SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Kelso
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 11:13, Peter Chubb wrote: > > "Peter" == Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Peter> I wonder what the pros and cons are of leaving ones domestic > Peter> grade home computer powered up continually. I have one of > Peter> lionels dual cpu celeron smp motherboa

[SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Peter" == Peter Garrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> I wonder what the pros and cons are of leaving ones domestic Peter> grade home computer powered up continually. I have one of Peter> lionels dual cpu celeron smp motherboards. I have one of those too ... it's been turned on now

[SLUG] continuous power up query

2002-10-09 Thread Peter Garrone
I wonder what the pros and cons are of leaving ones domestic grade home computer powered up continually. I have one of lionels dual cpu celeron smp motherboards. Is it better to power up and down only when using it, or leave it running continuously? Is it better to never power it down, even