Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:09:35 +0000 From: Xian <ian@codepad.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ? Message-ID: <200502061509.35090.ian@codepad.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEEIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEEIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Sunday 06 February 2005 14:01, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > TM> For PC's left on for long periods, they have a different problem > > TM> because disk drives that spin at full speed continuiously (as > > TM> server drives do, servers have power saving disabled on their > > TM> drives of course for obvious reasons) the disk will eventually > > TM> overheat in just about all the garden-variety case designs. > > TM> (you can fix this yourself of course, by adding more fans to > > TM> the cases) Once the drive overheats the lubrication migrates > > TM> out of the bearings and if the drive is turned off for more > > TM> than 6-8 hours, it cools down enough to the point that the drive > > TM> will never spin up again. > > > > Interesting! Have you actually had this happen? > > Yes, about 6 times over the last 10 years. All of it was crap small > minitowers or otherwise airflow-restricted cases that let the drive > heat up too hot to touch. > > Sometimes hitting it with a hammer - hard - right when you apply power > will get them going again. I guess old SCSI drives are built better than modern IDE. I have an archaic thing thing running a small web server and it is built a damn site better than most other computers I've seen. It has and old SCSI drive that's built like a brick. -- /Xian "The only real valuable thing is intuition." Albert Einstein
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