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- Subject: Re: leave OS/2 running - the monitor too?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.084858.770@mec.ohio.gov>
- From: oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov
- Date: 24 Dec 92 08:48:58 -0500
- Reply-To: smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
- References: <4706@drsrv1.hmi.de> <1992Dec23.222150.22773@cdf.toronto.edu> <23DEC199219564973@utarlg.uta.edu>
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- In article <23DEC199219564973@utarlg.uta.edu>, 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).
-
- Hmm, I would have to agree with Philip. I still have my first machine (an 8088
- XT clone I bought about 8 years ago). The machine has been left on almost
- continuously during that period... and to date I have yet to replace any of the
- original parts (looking for some piece of wood to knock on).
-
- I have taken this same approach with my 386 and the HP-260 I have just bought.
- These have run round the clock together for the past several months, and I have
- not seen any appreciable increase in my electic bill.
-
- bob -- smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
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