It's ok to leave it on if the climate is controlled. Yes, it does require at
least an annual cleaning, which, I do to all my systems anyway. Also, I
reboot my work system once or twice a week and it works fine. It also goes
through a tape backup three times per week, that's why I leave it on all
nights. I do scandisk and defrag on the nights that the tape is not running.
No problems that Bill Gates hasn't experienced with his own system.
Gregg Pfaff

Frank Suszka wrote:

> Greetings everyone:
> I know there was some discussion about leaving a computer on all the
> time or shutting it down when not in use. I seem to also remember
> something about the possibility of a fire hazard.
>
> I have several clients that leave their systems on all the time and I
> was asked if it does any damage. The only answer I had was, if you leave
> your system on, it will drag in more dust in a shorter period of time to
> both the power supply and CPU which will necessitate cleaning more often
> and secondly, if there is something corrupt in your memory, it will stay
> there until it is powered down.
>
> Does anyone here have a source or information proving either was to be
> better?
>
> I would appreciate any information on this subject.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Frank Suszka
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