I have everything on all the time (at least in the software), only thing I do is turn off the monitor when I go to bed. Fans sometimes like to make a fuss, so I just take out the offending part or power supply (when on, of course! :)) and clean the bearings, grease 'em, and put them back in. I think I have 11 fans in this system. Actually I have a 300W PS and still find the need to splice wires together for different things.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: Re: Dumb computer question > Spinning them up and down tends to wear out the bearings. > > At 01:02 PM 10/13/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi; > >My computer is set up to shut the hard drives off after a few > >minutes of inactivity. > >Is this a good thing, or should they run all the time? > >Thanks > > > >William Robb >
