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From: Oliver@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Does Turning off PC's everyday do any real damage?
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Date: 7 Mar 88 02:58:41 GMT
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Well this is one of those subjects that gets ripped apart ever year or so...
I know in the mainframe and super micro world the word is leave em on
unless you need to replace the guts....
I have heard from engineers that it saves the power supply from the
nnasty surge on the rectifiers when the system powers up. (filter caps do
draw a lot of juice on some big supplies).
Although I am not shure.. I would think that hitting IC's with voltage from
startup whan they are at ground potential everyday would do something...
I know for a fact that big disk packs love to run round the clock and
Burroughs says "Leave them pups running"...
Thats my 2 cents worth (what ever that comes out to after FCC tariafs I'm not
shure....
Oliver@cup.portal.com
P.S. I'm a lonely Bellingham resident...Any jobs at Boeing for a deticated
computer tech? (Just had to throw that sales pitch in..Just had to..)