Re: should I turn off the computer at night?

[Glen Lee Edwards]

I've heard that an overheated computer can melt the processor.  The recent
heat wave we're suffering through brings up a question; just how warm can
it get in the computer room before we need to be concerned with potential
damage?

Glen



On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Weizhong wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > a silly question: should I turn off the computer at night?  I've let my
> > linux box kept on running for a week so far without any problem.  Which is
> > good to the machine itself, on or off at idle time, if electricity bill is
> > not an issue?
> > 
> Just leave it on....it won't hurt the computer to leave it
> on.
>       John
>