Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu0.cc.monash.edu.au!monu4!ins845b From: ins845b@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr k.l. lentin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON? Message-ID: <1991May25.151636.679@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 25 May 91 15:16:36 GMT Article-I.D.: monu0.1991May25.151636.679 References: <1991May24.033650.15836@cbnewsc.att.com> <20114@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> Sender: news@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system) Organization: Monash University, Clayton, Vic 3168, Australia Lines: 28 In article <20114@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond) writes: >quimby@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Quimby Pipple) writes: >On April 14th in the early morning while I was asleep, a monitor in my >office below decided to practice self-emolation. The resultant fire >destroyed my office and my house. Thanks to a smoke alarm, I barely >got out in time. > >So... What to do. The answer is to do whatever feels good. If you feel >better turning things off at nite, then do it. If you feel better leaving >them on, then do it. It is impossible to quantify the loss factors from >either avenue, especially if you take into account collateral damage >such as fire. > >Me, I'm still leaving everything on. As I rebuild I'm putting in better >fire protection but I personally feel that the reduced hassles of leaving >the equipment on is worth the minor risk. > A few people have made this comment about omnitors, maybe turning the monitor off may save your house next time, but the PC is less likely to self combust so leaving it on isn't as much a problem. Another point, Why not park you heads before leavbing the machine (or use a delay parker to park the disks on inactivity). This way power spikes or drops will do less damage. |/ |\evin