Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan.acs.syr.edu!ldstern
From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Subject: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON
Message-ID: <1991May24.160414.3552@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Sender: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Fri, 24 May 91 16:04:14 GMT

To: quimby@madoka.its.rpi.edu
In article <rfgh47.@rpi.edu> you write:
>>> Does anyone have a definitive answer to the question of whether it's
>>> best to turn your computer off when not using, or leave it on ... in
>>> terms of equipment longevity?
>
>>  ...text deleted...
>
>There's nothing wrong with leaving computers running all the time.  It's
>standard procedure at many installations.  There's also nothing wrong
>with turning the things off at night, unless you happen to have a Seagate
>drive in it.  Please turn the monitors off overnight, though.  Sometimes
>they catch fire.   
> 
>Quimby
>
>-- 
>quimby@mts.rpi.edu, quimby@rpitsmts.bitnet
>
I also apologize for bringing back this somewhat tired thread, but I do have a
question for the above poster. What is the problem with Seagate drives that
warrants keeping them, in particular, on all night?


-- 

Larry Stern                                  LDSTERN@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU