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@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@phpcoderusa.com
<mailto:techlists@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@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@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@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@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@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@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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