Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?
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Gnu-Raiz wrote:
>> "David R. Litwin" <presently42@gmail.com>
>> I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid.
>
> Does your laptop get hot under load? My wife has a Pentium M that
> burned out two motherboards, when used to crunch RC5-72.
>
> I look at it like this, if a computer is left on it might as well be
> doing something, might as well get some use out of it. So I suggest
> putting a distributed client on that machine let it help the world,
> be it aliens, or dna, or math problems.
>
> Now saying that I have found that some laptops are not desktops, and
> heat is a problem, such as my wife's. So if your laptop is prone to
> overheating then it might be better to leave it off. As in my
> wife's case I had to disable RC5-72, as my warranty is about to
> expire and I want it to last a bit longer.
>
> Now I do have a Sony pcg fx215 with an amd duron 800 chip that is on
> 24/7 crunching RC5-72. It does get hot, but not as hot as my wife's
> laptop, she is using a Dell 600M if your curious. the Sony runs on
> the mains, the batteries have long since died and have been taken
> out. As long as it is able to boot, and crunch, I am happy.
Consumer laptops were not designed to stay that hot for weeks on end.
I use a 12" piece of 2x4 wood to prop up the rear of my never-moves,
always-on work laptop. That gives room to circulate air underneath,
and the fan hardly ever comes on. Once or twice a week for a a few
minutes.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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