What is the best strategy for long drive life? (turn off d..

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In article <6wjdc.19821$Rb4.11601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
dg <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I often wonder if I should turn off my computer when not in use, or at least
>turn the drives off. What do you folks think? I use a mix of IDE and
>serial ATA drives and windows XP. XP has the options of turning off drives
>after so long of inactivity, how long should that period be? ANY tips are
>greatly appreciated. I appreciate any comments on the subject.
>
>Thanks,
>--Dan
>
>


I'm really happy with the automatic hibernate feature on XP and w2k.
I can walk away from my PC and if I don't get back to it, it will save
everything and power itself off after a set time. Touch the power
button and it's back with all my applications where I left them, in
just a few seconds.

I get Longer life for all the components, and a lower electric bill.

Before my systems could hibernate I just turned my monitor off at the
end of the day.


--
Al Dykes
-----------
adykes at p a n i x . c o m

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Best strategy for long drive life?
o Probably temperature
---- both in terms of maximum (keeping them cool)
---- and in terms of temperature cycling - gets into Physics Of Failure
o Thus powering them off perhaps only at the end of the day
---- this could degenerate into consumer v enterprise again
---- at least it provides a balance re on-time v cyclings

I would certainly turn CRTs off overnight re temperature/power use.
--
Dorothy Bradbury

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Hi,

one thing is to keep them cool!
--
Wayne ][
<Intel® Pentium® 4 - Online!  >

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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message news:c553n3$80k$1@panix3.panix.com...
> In article <6wjdc.19821$Rb4.11601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
> dg <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >I often wonder if I should turn off my computer when not in use, or at least
> >turn the drives off. What do you folks think? I use a mix of IDE and
> >serial ATA drives and windows XP. XP has the options of turning off drives
> >after so long of inactivity, how long should that period be? ANY tips are
> >greatly appreciated. I appreciate any comments on the subject.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >--Dan
> >
> >
>
>
> I'm really happy with the automatic hibernate feature on XP and w2k.
> I can walk away from my PC and if I don't get back to it, it will save
> everything and power itself off after a set time. Touch the power
> button and it's back with all my applications where I left them, in
> just a few seconds.

> I get Longer life for all the components,

Thats distinctly arguable.

> and a lower electric bill.

> Before my systems could hibernate I just
> turned my monitor off at the end of the day.

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Well, I have seven fans in the case. Two intakes across the HD, 3
internal to the case (front to back) and two in the power supply.
Internal temperature is about 2 degrees hotter than ambient. Seems to
work. I have lost 2 (SCSI) drives in the last ten years. The current
crop of one SCSI (about 7 years) and three ATAPI ( two to three years
so far.) (More than one computer.) I retired several others because
they were tiny. I also lost one of the old original Control Data 1 GB
5.25 full height SCSI drives after about 6 years.

Jim


On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:31:58 +0100, "Wayne Youngman"
<waynes.spamtrap@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>one thing is to keep them cool!