| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 22 Mar 2001 at 17:20:54 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
hi,
> I have heard this before and the argument is really complete nonsense.
> Even if switching on and off far more than would be normal thetime taken to
> damage any computer hardware is still far longer than its usual replacement
> time anyway.
I've had 5 PSU fans an 3 CPU fans dying due to them being sleaveless and
being switched off. keep them running warm and they dont seize. a dead fan
is bad bad news for the PSU and for the CPU....and for gfx cards and HDs
in the current PC world.
> What's the point of saving a few percent to the lifespan of a board when it
> gets replaced by a newer and faster model only a short time into its
> useable lifetime.
its not for me to argue the usefulness of old machines...especially on an
Amiga list! ;-) I've had my A1200 for c.10 years now and its more useful
now than it was the day i bought it.
> I did get worried though when in recent power cuts my HD was switched on and
> off several times in a couple of seconds before I could hit the off switch
> - but that was a totally abnormal situation - and at that point I did wish
> the Miggy had been switched off.
many many people use tools which spin-down their HDs if idle for more than
20 minutes. I'm not a fan of those tools either.
lets face it, all of the Webs servers - and theres more than a million of
them out there run 24/7 . as decent networks take off in the home (eg
cable-modem and upwards) you'll want to keep your home machine on 24/7 so
you can access it from work/uni/abroad
alan
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