what I heard... is it true?

[Michael Havens]

Tripp Light Isobars.....  is that a type of power strip?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

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> I hope to get more than 3 out of mine.
>
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> 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>
>> 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> 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>
>>> 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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>>> 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
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>> Stephen
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