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On Feb 8, 8:57�pm, Jim Yanik wrote:
Jim Redelfs wrote
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I haven't regularly shut down my computers for 15 years.
Have you HAD the same PC for 15 years?? No.
I shut mine down nightly;electrolytic caps in the power supply and
motherboard eventually degrade,their ESRs rise and put more strain on
the PS until something fails.
also,the bearings in the cooling fans wear out.
This PC I'm using had the microprocessor fan load the PS to where it
would not start.
A surplus fan from Skycraft cured that for $8.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
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frequent shutdowns lead to hard drive failures..........
define "frequent".
Hard drives wear out bearings,too.
and if your PC is "ON",any power loss harms the data on the HDs,damages the
disc surfaces when the head crashes on them.
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
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kua.net