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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: OS/2: leave it running?
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:19:43 GMT
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- In article <BUHR.92Dec18102806@ccu.umanitoba.ca> buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr) writes:
- >Many people claim that the heat-cool cycle of powering a computer on
- >and off is much harder on the "solid-state" components than leaving it
- >on all the time is on the hard drive.
-
- But be sure you have a full-size case. Many of the "mini-tower" or
- "baby-AT" cases don't have adequate ventillation and will fry
- themselves if left on for extended periods. We had a Novell Netware
- server die (hard drive siezed - the heads spot-welded to the
- platters!) this way after being left on for 8 months. We added a
- second cooling fan to the case to prevent this happening in the future.
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