what I heard... is it true?
Bryan O'Neal
Bryan.ONeal at theonealandassociates.com
Sat Sep 20 12:46:26 MST 2014
The battery and screen are the least heat tolerate parts. If you can remove
the battery and put the laptop on a cooling platform. And keep it clean!
On Sep 20, 2014 10:43 AM, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
wrote:
> I have been running Dell Vostro 1520 laptop for about 5 years practically
> non-stop without any issues. I have cleaned dust bunnies out the fan a
> couple of times. YMMV with other laptops.
>
> Mark
> On Sep 20, 2014 3:29 AM, "Jon Kettenhofen" <subs at kexsof.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, not sure Tripp Lite makes great usps
>> but not sure about the isobar. If it's big or heavy, then
>> probably a UPS.
>>
>> On 09/19/2014 04:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>> Tripp Light Isobars..... is that a type of power strip?
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
>>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope to get more than 3 out of mine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2014-09-19 13:08, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>>
>>> Well that could simply be the fact that they used substandard
>>> capacitors and part for the ethernet, and as such it failed over
>>> time.
>>> manufactures consider laptops to be pretty disposable after 2-3
>>> years,
>>> any older and they tend to get squirrely.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Havens
>>> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> That explains the fan but not the internet switch.
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Partington
>>> <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> At one time this was very true, and in some ways it can
>>> still be
>>> true. parts like the fans wear out, and due to the space
>>> constraints
>>> in a laptop this is more critical, and there are some thermal
>>> considerations to think about as well. but as long as you
>>> are giving
>>> decent airflow around the laptop, and you are prepared to
>>> swap a fan
>>> sooner than later it should have no real impact on the
>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> I run mine for work 9+ hours straight and the previous one i
>>> had did
>>> this for 4.4 years before it finally got weird enough to be
>>> replaced.
>>>
>>> I would most definitely enable power savings on your monitor
>>> because
>>> that screan can suffer from burnout, and its not as easy to
>>> replace
>>> as a monitor.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Michael Havens
>>> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read on another board that it was bad to leave a laptop on
>>> 24/7 Is
>>> that so? If it is I guess that is why my laptop is having
>>> problems!
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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