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Rob Henry (ah157@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:



: Is leaving my 80286 on all the time good or bad for my computer?
: I turn it on and off at least 10 or so times a day.
: Is it better to just leave it on all the time?
: It 's about 70-75 in my house so I'm not sure about overheating 
: Also,what kind of power does it draw?
: I have the board and a floppy hooked up now as well as a monitor.
: Hard drive soon.

This is a subject which has been debated for a long time. No one
seems to be able to prove which is really better, although I think
most will agree that 10 times a day is probably not good for your 
system. As long as the muffin fan is working properly, and the inside
of the system is fairly clean, heat should not be a problem. Also
the power that a system such as yours uses is negligible. I would
leave it on during the day when you would be using it quite often,
and then turn it off at night, if it will not be used for several 
hours straight. You might also want to power the monitor off if the
system will be unattended for any length of time, since there have
been fires caused by monitors shorting.

When you get a hard disk, the system will use somewhat more power,
but it should still be well less than 100 watts. The problem with
power cycles and a hard disk is that the heads land each time the
disk is stopped. Today's hard disks are very durable compared to
those of a few years ago, but the head landing is wear and tear.
Hope this helps.
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