Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Leaving computer equip. on (was: Monitor reliabilty) Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 90 18:32:54 GMT References: <1081@beguine.UUCP> <42@voa3.UUCP> <68370@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Sender: usenet@math.lsa.umich.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: dom@polecat.llnl.gov's message of 20 Sep 90 16:36:29 GMT In article <68370@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> dom@polecat.llnl.gov (Dom Nardy) writes: The reason most people keep their computers on constantly is to stop the component failures due to the thermal damage caused by a computer warming up upon start up and cooling down upon shutdown. These temp swings shorten component life spans. I recommend that most people keep their systems powered up because they might want to use them from home at 3 a.m. or because they are fast enough that someone else might want to run a job in the background. I guess I should start telling people to turn off their Sun 3/50's, though, since there's not much point to remote access. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept