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- From: mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris)
- Subject: Re: leave OS/2 running - the monitor too?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.053727.5810@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 05:37:27 GMT
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- b259phl@utarlg.uta.edu (PHILIP LIPPEL) writes:
-
- >> This is true with all computer equipment BTW. Switching a machine on and
- >> off does really bad things to your system, *on a long term basis*. Most
- >> users don't have the ability to buy a power conditioner and surge protector.
- >>
- >>>O.k. now, but what about the monitor? Would it be advisable to
- >>>switch off the monitor overnight (assuming that one does not work
- >>>overnight...)?
- >>
- >> Hmm, I wouldn't do that, for the same reason. BTW, if you are going to
- >> switch the monitor off, why not shut down the CPU too?
-
- >Well most of us turn our TV's on and off on a daily basis and their lifetime
- >seems pretty reasonable to me. Monitors are much the same as TV's
- >, and I treat mine the same way.
- > CPU's? I don't know anybody who has had the CPU on his PC fail, at
- >least not before same CPU became obsolete in the sense that it could be replaced
- >with a faster, more capable model for a very small amount of money. It is DISKS
- >that are the problem. DISKS DO fail, and unfortunately for those of us who would
- >like to be energy-conscious, they seem to fail more often if they are turned
- >on and off than if they are left on continuously. Presumably this is because the
- >spin up/spin down operations are much harder on the bearings than continuous
- >rotation (or some similar effect).
-
- True. Also the power surge associated with equipment switched on and off
- is nothing compared to the surge that can happen during a brownout or
- blackout power failure. This can crash hard disks big time and leaving
- them on 24 hours a day increases the risk of this happening big time. Not
- gonna doit. Wouldn't be prudent.
-
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