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" 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, > > 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 >> > >> wrote: >> >> That explains the fan but not the internet switch. >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Partington >> > 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 >> > >> 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~(-: >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> [1] >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will >> prevent you >> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the >> snooze >> button. >> >> Stephen >> >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> [1] >> >> >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> [1] >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent >> you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >> button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> ------------------------------__--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >