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From: dan@tinton.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Computer on 24hrs.day? (yes or no)
Message-ID: <1990Apr5.191427.28003@tinton>
Date: 5 Apr 90 19:14:27 GMT
References: <28294@ubvax.UB.Com> <MORGAN.90Mar28233102@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <28311@ubvax.UB.Com> <18908.26174f84@merrimack.edu>
Reply-To: dan@tinton.UUCP (Daniel Masi <masid>)
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Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp., Tinton Falls, N.J.
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In article <18908.26174f84@merrimack.edu> linderd@hubdub.UUCP writes:
>In article <28311@ubvax.UB.Com>, gregk@ubvax.UB.Com (Greg Kendall) writes:
>> In article <MORGAN.90Mar28233102@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> morgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Dylan Kaufman) writes:
>> 
>> ... stuff deleted ...
>>>My undertanding is that it is indeed harder on the system to have the
>>>shock of being turned on than to be left on, but that the difference
>> 
>> This is exactly my point. A lot of people "understand" this point.
>> I know of no evidence (such as MTBF numbers) on which to beleive it.
>
>  My big concern (and the reason I don't leave my PC on all the time) is the
>*moving* parts, namely the power supply fan and the disk drive motor.  Also,

Also, power conditioning must play a part in the equation.  If one's
AC supply is relatively dirty and one has limited power conditioning
equipment, then leaving one's system on constantly leaves it open to
large power glitches wreaking havoc.

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Concurrent Computer Corp.
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