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 most of my machines
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 out
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 telephone line, so
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 leave
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 motherboards.
I have
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
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] writes:
** 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 down
