| GeoffR |
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| 30/09/2008 17:07 |
Re: Switching Off a Computer?
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It used to be the case, say 10-15 years ago, that hardware was at greater risk when powering down/up, especially when you had to tell the OS to park the drive heads. That's no longer true..........
All electronic components are at greatest risk when being powered up. The reason is that they are cold and thus, for a given supply voltage, draw more current. It is thus preferable, if you are using a computer for short periods interspersed with periods of inactivity, to leave the computer warm. That this also reduces the waiting time between arriving at the computer and starting work is incidental.
Just because a device is designed for 20,000 cycles does not guarantee that it will achieve that life.