James Sweet wrote:
The plug in cards don't have anything to do with it, the argument is mostly
for mechanical components like hard drives and fans. I think it largely
stems from the fact that a drive with marginal bearings or some other
problem is most likely to fail to start up from cold a while before it fails
while warm and running. Same with light bulbs that most often fail at

However, the bearings will wear out way faster when spinning
continuously, same goes for electrolytic capacitors.

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Maarten Bakker.