[G4] Re: G4 Digest, Vol 26, Issue 3

[Brett George]

Encapsulated smoke?! What the? I've never heard that one before. Could 
you please explain? I leave my system on 24/7 and have done so for years 
without any problems. (knock on wood!)
 From my research, that is the best way to go for some users. I'm on my 
computer every day and at all hours so it works for me.
The only time I shut down is for upgrades, maintenance or if I'm going 
to be away for more than 12 hours.

I used to shut down every day and THAT cost me a monitor! Yes, it was 
proven by the Mac techs that frequent on/off helped with the early 
demise of it. Weird huh? I'd never heard of that one either!

brett (always learning something new!)



Richard M. Kriss wrote:
> On 10/9/06 1:23 PM, "g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
> <g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> He keeps his Mac on all the time, and when he came home last night it
>> had a black screen with 'CPU failure' in white, at the top of his screen. When
>>     
>
> Sorry to hear about any Mac going down.  For the life of me I do not
> understand why some people leave computers running 24/7.  They all contain
> encapsulated smoke and leaving them on increases the probably of releasing
> the smoke.
>
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