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On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Saturday 12 December 2009 21:42:13 Dale wrote: |
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> > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually bad |
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> > for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better than |
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> > fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material |
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> > argument. Sort of strange that computers that run a lot last a loooong |
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> > time. |
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> This is perfectly true and a well-proven fact. Thermal recycling is not |
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> good for electronics. It is good for your electricity bill though.... |
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no, it is a myth. |
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Fanbearing are pretty sensitive. |
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Harddisk bearings are not made for 24/7 anymore. |
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Caps age under load. Even a small increase in heat halfs the expected |
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halftime. |
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Let your rig run all the time and you increase the risk of hardware failure a |
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lot. |
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> Tektronix did some proper lab tests many many years ago on their |
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> top-of-the- line oscilloscopes. They found that the calibration interval |
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> could be tripled if the rig was never switched off (just turn down the |
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> brightness overnight) |
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and how does sensitve measuring equipment compare to not-very-sensitive-but- |
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fast-aging-and-consisting-of-cheap-crap-computers? |
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