Are laptops "made" to run all night ?

[rh71]

... woohoo nothing did happen... thx for the stories ppl.

 

[dethman]

24/7 here.

 

[LordRaiden]

I have seen people use laptops as servers, so I can't see where it would be a problem to leave yours on all night.

 

[iamwiz82]

my powerbook hasnt been off for any amount of time in 2 weeks. Apple recommends that you do not shut it down, in fact. I love the fact that OSX's sleep takes about 2 seconds to recover from

 

[Vegito]

i ran it all night w/o problems, but if ur sleeping and the led blinks (hdd) it's pretty bright hahaa.. anyway I got a USB cooling pad under it.. the one with 3 fans, search for notebook cooling pad, it keeps the bottom a bit cooler so you dont have to worry about a over heated hdd

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: rh71
Thermaltake Chrome Orb ......

Well, there's your problem

 

[Sid59]

my Toshiba laptop ran all the time. I'd get 14 day uptimes before i reboot.

 

[Mday]

my highest uptime is 2 weeks. had to reboot for upgrade\update reasons.

 

[MWink]

I've been running my Dell Inspiron 8200 24/7 for almost a year without a problem. The only reason I turn it off is to transport it. BTW, I close the lid if I'm not going to use it for a few hours. It doesn't seem to make as big a difference as you would think heat wise.

 

[oniq]

My laptop currently has a 19 day uptime (running Gentoo Linux), I've had 40+ day uptimes with no problems. ACPI works fine so the fan speeds up when it gets hotter. I've ran emerge xfree86 over night and it still runs fine now =)