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2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? :) Miss me? |
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wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? :) Miss me? You gotta learn to put those cigars completely out. Eisboch |
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On Feb 2, 7:24 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? :) Miss me? You gotta learn to put those cigars completely out. Not a cigar - believe it or not, the power supply must have had a thermal runaway or something similar. It was more messy than dangerous, but the office filled up with smoke - needed a new desk, had to have everything cleaned, etc. Interesting experience. |
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On Feb 2, 7:22 am, Harry Krause wrote:
wrote: 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? :) Miss me? You need to cut back on those hot chats. Hot chats? Not likely. :) |
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wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? |
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On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? |
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wrote in message ups.com... Not a cigar - believe it or not, the power supply must have had a thermal runaway or something similar. It was more messy than dangerous, but the office filled up with smoke - needed a new desk, had to have everything cleaned, etc. Interesting experience. That sucks. Laptop or tower? I leave my laptop on 24/7 and have often thought that maybe that's not a good idea. Glad it wasn't more serious. Eisboch |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message . .. wrote in message ups.com... Not a cigar - believe it or not, the power supply must have had a thermal runaway or something similar. It was more messy than dangerous, but the office filled up with smoke - needed a new desk, had to have everything cleaned, etc. Interesting experience. That sucks. Laptop or tower? I leave my laptop on 24/7 and have often thought that maybe that's not a good idea. Glad it wasn't more serious. Eisboch I was thinking the same thing. We have 5 computers in the house running 24/7, including one laptop. The power cord on my old Dell laptop was recalled and replaced because of several cases of them overheating and catching fire. |
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1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? *:) Miss me? You missed the new guy or gal in the group. He or she popped in when you popped out. He or she is a real trip; launches a personal attack troll of a thread and then presumes to bitch about the quality of content in rec.boats! If you hadn't already gone down prior to this party's appearance, perhaps your CPU received his or her message, suffered acid damage to critical insulation, and went up in smoke. :-) Good luck with the rebuild/new build and welcome back. |
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On Feb 2, 10:47 am, "Chuck Gould" wrote:
On Feb 2, 5:17?am, wrote: 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? ?:) Miss me? You missed the new guy or gal in the group. He or she popped in when you popped out. He or she is a real trip; launches a personal attack troll of a thread and then presumes to bitch about the quality of content in rec.boats! If you hadn't already gone down prior to this party's appearance, perhaps your CPU received his or her message, suffered acid damage to critical insulation, and went up in smoke. :-) Good luck with the rebuild/new build and welcome back. Yeah - I saw that. While not a confession, I am sort-of to blame for that. Combat Bunny is an old friend/dueler of mine - believe it or not, he's a Renaissance man - a real life Jubal Harshaw only with more degrees. Very prolilfic author and in real life, very kind and generous with his time and knowledge. Does a lot of charity work and pro-bono legal filings for folks who can't afford attorneys. He and I first tangled on rec.art.sf years ago and eventually it came to a detente' and grew into a friendship. We go fishing or have lunch every he rolls into town to visit his elderly parents. As it happened we were discussing the state of Usenet in general. I was lamenting the lack of quality flames and we started remembering the old days and some of the great flame wars and warriors. I mentioned this newsgroup as being somewhat provincial in that respect (which I have mentioned in the past) and wouldn't it be fun to set up a false war in which we could pick on each other. So not knowing that I was offline, he did it on his own waiting for me to jump in and really get cranking - it was supposed to be a fun thing for both of us. Unfortunately, it back fired. He will appear to apologise under his actual name as soon as he returns home tomorrow. If you wish to place blame, blame me. |
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ROFLOL! The way this guy just showed up and started popping off to anyone he
could, seemed strange. Now it makes sense, and is actually kind of funny. --Mike wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 2, 10:47 am, "Chuck Gould" wrote: On Feb 2, 5:17?am, wrote: 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? ?:) Miss me? You missed the new guy or gal in the group. He or she popped in when you popped out. He or she is a real trip; launches a personal attack troll of a thread and then presumes to bitch about the quality of content in rec.boats! If you hadn't already gone down prior to this party's appearance, perhaps your CPU received his or her message, suffered acid damage to critical insulation, and went up in smoke. :-) Good luck with the rebuild/new build and welcome back. Yeah - I saw that. While not a confession, I am sort-of to blame for that. Combat Bunny is an old friend/dueler of mine - believe it or not, he's a Renaissance man - a real life Jubal Harshaw only with more degrees. Very prolilfic author and in real life, very kind and generous with his time and knowledge. Does a lot of charity work and pro-bono legal filings for folks who can't afford attorneys. He and I first tangled on rec.art.sf years ago and eventually it came to a detente' and grew into a friendship. We go fishing or have lunch every he rolls into town to visit his elderly parents. As it happened we were discussing the state of Usenet in general. I was lamenting the lack of quality flames and we started remembering the old days and some of the great flame wars and warriors. I mentioned this newsgroup as being somewhat provincial in that respect (which I have mentioned in the past) and wouldn't it be fun to set up a false war in which we could pick on each other. So not knowing that I was offline, he did it on his own waiting for me to jump in and really get cranking - it was supposed to be a fun thing for both of us. Unfortunately, it back fired. He will appear to apologise under his actual name as soon as he returns home tomorrow. If you wish to place blame, blame me. |
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:45:18 GMT, "Mike" wrote:
ROFLOL! The way this guy just showed up and started popping off to anyone he could, seemed strange. Now it makes sense, and is actually kind of funny. Didn't take him long to make my KF. |
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On Feb 2, 7:51 am, Harry Krause wrote:
On 2/2/2007 8:36 AM, wrote: On Feb 2, 7:22 am, Harry Krause wrote: wrote: 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. 3 - Repair office. 4 - Purchase new computer - this time I'm building my own. 5 - Purchase portable computer to use until new computer arrives. 6 - Use Google groups temporarily - which, by the way, sucks. So how's everything been? :) Miss me? You need to cut back on those hot chats. Hot chats? Not likely. :) Well, don't give up hope, man! What are you building? I'm in the process myself. My mother-in-law's computer died so I'm sending her the desktop system I built last year. AMD Athlon X2 64 5800, 4 gig memory, terrabyte SATA storage, Geforce 8800 GTX (768 mb), Soundblaster X-FI Elite Pro, Firewire, network adaptor, yada, yada, yada... I'm not screwing around this time. :) |
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On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. |
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On Feb 2, 7:58 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Not a cigar - believe it or not, the power supply must have had a thermal runaway or something similar. It was more messy than dangerous, but the office filled up with smoke - needed a new desk, had to have everything cleaned, etc. Interesting experience. That sucks. Laptop or tower? I leave my laptop on 24/7 and have often thought that maybe that's not a good idea. Glad it wasn't more serious. It was a tower with a 400 watt power supply. I don't really know what happened, but it definetly started near the power supply. There really wasn't a fire as such - the computer caught, but it didn't go further than that other than a lot of smoke. The dogs actually alerted me to it. I was in the living room watching BSG from the DVR on the HD TV when Skye and Skippy starting sniffing and sneezing - then Skye ran down the hall and started barking at the office door - then I smelled it. I ran downstairs, killed the power to that side of the house, grabbed the fire bottle and opened the door after checking to see if it was hot. Smoke everywhere - discretion the better part of valor I called 911. Got the dogs out of the house, secured the cats in their carry- all and waited. Fortunately, no serious fire damage and no water damage because they used dry extinguisher. I am on the side of shutting them down - I've seen some research about this and it doesn't seem to make a difference in terms of power consumption or reliability. On the other hand, I've seen other wise. Personal choice I guess. |
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On Feb 2, 8:06 am, "JimH" wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message . .. wrote in message oups.com... Not a cigar - believe it or not, the power supply must have had a thermal runaway or something similar. It was more messy than dangerous, but the office filled up with smoke - needed a new desk, had to have everything cleaned, etc. Interesting experience. That sucks. Laptop or tower? I leave my laptop on 24/7 and have often thought that maybe that's not a good idea. Glad it wasn't more serious. Eisboch I was thinking the same thing. We have 5 computers in the house running 24/7, including one laptop. The power cord on my old Dell laptop was recalled and replaced because of several cases of them overheating and catching fire. I shut them down when I'm finished with them. |
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On Feb 2, 11:54 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On 2 Feb 2007 09:21:55 -0800, wrote: If you wish to place blame, blame me. Blame is lame, but if you insist... Glad to hear the damage wasn't more serious. Was there enough heat outside the actual chasis of the PC to have caused ignition? If so, scary stuff. I had an incident here two weeks ago with a 220 volt outlet for the hot water heater. We woke up one morning without hot water, and when I investigated, discovered there was no voltage at the heater. Tracing backward to the plug and outlet outlet, one of the prongs had formed enough corrosion to create a high resistance conection, which in turn developed enough heat to burn away half of the outlet shell, and melt off 3 inches of insulation on the distribution wire. No external signs of heat or damage at all. I hear you. When we were renovating the old farm house from knob and tube wiring, we had an interesting situation after having new panels installed after about a year. Nobody thought of it at the time, but the panels were installed right over the water tank from the well. It was galvanised and the humidity was rather high because of the field stone basement. After about a year, had a similar thing happen to the 220 line to the stove. Moved the panels after that happened. |
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On Feb 2, 12:45 pm, "Mike" wrote:
ROFLOL! The way this guy just showed up and started popping off to anyone he could, seemed strange. Now it makes sense, and is actually kind of funny. It could have been real fun - we've had some real battles in the good old days - all very civil and all very nasthy. :) Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. :) |
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On Feb 2, 2:58 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:45:18 GMT, "Mike" wrote: ROFLOL! The way this guy just showed up and started popping off to anyone he could, seemed strange. Now it makes sense, and is actually kind of funny. Didn't take him long to make my KF. He has that effect on people sometimes. |
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On Feb 2, 3:51 pm, "Tim" wrote:
wrote: Very prolilfic author and in real life, very kind and generous with his time and knowledge. yes, we could tell,. I'm serious- he's a really nice guy and very interesting to talk to. |
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Truth is that many folks you might consider a**holes online, are usually
nice folks in person. The anonymity of the internet brings out the worst in some people. Maybe it's pent up agression from home or work... it doesn't really matter. I've been involved "online" since 1983, starting as a member of Compuserve and GeNie, then later as a staff member, then sysop, on a very popular C'serve forum. I met quite a few folks as a result of my sysop duties. My experience is that the biggest blowhards online, are generally the opposite in person. Of course, there *are* exceptions to every rule, and I've seen that as well g Funny thing, is that the reverse can be true as well. One fellow, that I got along very well with "online" turned out to be a HUGE butthead in person. Haven't talked to him since... --Mike wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 3:51 pm, "Tim" wrote: wrote: Very prolilfic author and in real life, very kind and generous with his time and knowledge. yes, we could tell,. I'm serious- he's a really nice guy and very interesting to talk to. |
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On Feb 2, 7:27?pm, wrote:
On Feb 2, 3:51 pm, "Tim" wrote: wrote: Very prolilfic author and in real life, very kind and generous with his time and knowledge. yes, we could tell,. I'm serious- he's a really nice guy and very interesting to talk to. Oh, I'm not doubting you, Tom. But the old rule usually applies. "First impressions, are..." Well, you know the rest. I thought things would calm down a bit with the exception of the occasional cross-dress .. OOPS! "Cross-POSTER!", yes. things have been calm, well.. sort of Especially since the one who is supposedly a karate expert from atlanta has been off chasing home brew and BBQ. It's been so calm it's almost boring. Glad to have you back, and sorry for your mishap. |
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On Feb 2, 5:25�pm, wrote:
On Feb 2, 12:45 pm, "Mike" wrote: ROFLOL! The way this guy just showed up and started popping off to anyone he could, *seemed strange. Now it makes sense, and is actually kind of funny. It could have been real fun - we've had some real battles in the good old days - all very civil and all very nasthy. *:) Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. *:) I think I'd disagree that trying to start flame wars, simply because it might be fun, would be a good idea. |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. |
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On Feb 2, 7:33?pm, "Mike" wrote:
Truth is that many folks you might consider a**holes online, are usually nice folks in person. The anonymity of the internet brings out the worst in some people. Maybe it's pent up agression from home or work... it doesn't really matter. IMO, the difficulty is often associated with the inability of the internet to communicate "tone". I have noticed that in many cases where somebody takes serious offense it is often less due to the actual thing that was said than the inflection or tone the offended person imagined when the statement was read. But then there are indeed a group of people who, maybe, get stomped on and abused by spouse, boss, kids, both friends, or what not and feel compelled to be nasty and combative on line. It seems like Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles, foreshadowed the world of internet groups, etc. People involved in meaningless tasks, living in a dream, and described by the refrain, "Ah, look at all the lonely people." |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: "BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. Are saying that computer manufacturers expect the users of their hardware to turn it off each and every time they leave their computer? If so, that alone is a major design fault which makes the claim even more valid. |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: "BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. What make a PC a "server class" system? |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. That might be what "they" say, but I don't buy it. The killer for electronics, particularly high density power devices like the CPU, is thermal cycling. Components that consume power have a higher failure rate when they are routinely cycled from operating temperature to ambient, then back to operating temperature. Other components, like the fan might fail, causing overheating and failure of the electronic devices, but leaving electronics on all the time is better for them in terms of life. An incandescent light bulb is the same deal. One that is constantly turned on and off will fail sooner than one that is left on all the time. Eisboch |
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"JimH" wrote in message ... Are saying that computer manufacturers expect the users of their hardware to turn it off each and every time they leave their computer? If so, that alone is a major design fault which makes the claim even more valid. It might be a good argument in a courtroom defending a lawsuit, but I don't believe it has any technical merit. Eisboch |
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"RCE" wrote in message ... "JimH" wrote in message ... Are saying that computer manufacturers expect the users of their hardware to turn it off each and every time they leave their computer? If so, that alone is a major design fault which makes the claim even more valid. It might be a good argument in a courtroom defending a lawsuit, but I don't believe it has any technical merit. Eisboch The judge and jury use common sense and personal experience. Engineers designing a product need to consider misuse of product in their final product and build in appropriate controls. ;-) |
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"RCE" wrote in message ... "BAR" wrote in message . .. Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. That might be what "they" say, but I don't buy it. The killer for electronics, particularly high density power devices like the CPU, is thermal cycling. Components that consume power have a higher failure rate when they are routinely cycled from operating temperature to ambient, then back to operating temperature. Other components, like the fan might fail, causing overheating and failure of the electronic devices, but leaving electronics on all the time is better for them in terms of life. An incandescent light bulb is the same deal. One that is constantly turned on and off will fail sooner than one that is left on all the time. Eisboch I remember the technical guys at work saying that about televisions. We were instructed to turn off our computers as we left for the night for security reasons. I believe when we logged on the next day we would also get the benefit of any upgrades made by the IT people overnight. |
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