Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:59:27 10/24/99
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On October 24, 1999 at 05:53:10, Anatoli wrote: >Dear chess friends ! >Many of you test differant chess programs days and nights. I just want to ask >you a question- is it safe to leave your computors operating for days ? Today >there was a terrible fire here in Melbourne and the faulty TV caused it. Of >course you turn off the monitors when you away , but what about the unit ? It >has just a small fan. So, can I go to my job and there will not be ANY problem >with my computor ? >Thanks >Anatoli My quad xeon runs 24 hours, 7 days a week. In fact, _all_ machines at my office run 24/7. My pentium pro 200 at home also is never turned off, although I do turn the monitor off when not in use. I think it is _much_ better on the hardware to stay on, as it suffers far fewer thermal cycles.
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