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Leaving a laptop on for long periods of time?

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Baronz

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I know it's fine to leave a desktop on for long periods of time doing stuff (folding etc.) Was wondering about laptops though? I would think they are basically the same, although they do tend to get a lot hotter due to the lower amount of cooling, could this hurt anything if i left my laptop on all day folding? I always turn the screen off when its on for long periods of time also.

Just curious as to what the limits are on these things 🙂 BTW im running a 1.7ghz p4 hp and it doesnt get too warm when left on for awhile (doing stuff or not)
 
My laptop gets too hot when I leave it on for a long time. I have a 400mhz P2 laptop (Dell) If I leave it on too long, the screen goes white and it freezes up.
 
Originally posted by: hfhf6
My laptop gets too hot when I leave it on for a long time. I have a 400mhz P2 laptop (Dell) If I leave it on too long, the screen goes white and it freezes up.
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Something is physically wrong with your laptop. I would check for a dead fan or something. I have 2 Dell laptops and I leave them on all day running various applications and they never ever do that.

Most laptops are designed for running many hours or even days at a time. I wouldn't worry about it.
 
should have no problems, its gonna get warm regardless, but i'm sure the laptop can handle it. besides, its good to drain the battery completely on a regulary basis. 🙂

brandon
 
only prob i see with nleaving a laptop on is if the hd is running all the time from accesses. reliability of smaller hd might be worse then that of normal sized right?
 
If you are going to leave it on for a long time remove the battery and have it run directly off the power outlet. Reason being is that heat breaks down the chemicals in the battery pack which reduces its lifespan. Other than that it should be fine.
 
I keep mine on all the time, though I have the screen power off after a long idle, as well as the hard drive. Been doing this 2 years on my Dell I8000, no problems whatsoever.
 
I have an IBM T22 that I use for ICS and as a server. It stays on all the time, closed of course with the battery out. I haven't run into any problems with it yet.
 
Originally posted by: CallTheFBI
If you are going to leave it on for a long time remove the battery and have it run directly off the power outlet. Reason being is that heat breaks down the chemicals in the battery pack which reduces its lifespan. Other than that it should be fine.
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Evidently removing the battery from the notebook when it is on AC should at least double its life.

I now have a "junk" (extra) battery I leave in just to serve as a UPS . . . it used to last 1-1/2 hours - after remaining in the notebok for a year when it was on AC it will last only about 10 minutes . . .
 
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: CallTheFBI
If you are going to leave it on for a long time remove the battery and have it run directly off the power outlet. Reason being is that heat breaks down the chemicals in the battery pack which reduces its lifespan. Other than that it should be fine.
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Evidently removing the battery from the notebook when it is on AC should at least double its life.

I now have a "junk" (extra) battery I leave in just to serve as a UPS . . . it used to last 1-1/2 hours - after remaining in the notebok for a year when it was on AC it will last only about 10 minutes . . .
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the reason the batteries die is that laptops will continuously charge the battery, and when it tops it off many times it gets messed up. most newer laptops, what it does is when a battery tops off , it lets it drain until 85-90% until it starts charging again. my new vpr matrix does this.


i've left all my laptops on all the time, as has my dad with his hp laptops, and basically they'll speed step down, shut off their hard drives (if you close the lid the backlight isoff) so you have no wear and tear basically.
 
Sounds silly , but always run your Laptop on hard surface.....especailly if you want to run it for a long time......ie don't run them while it is sitting on top of your bed....they heat up much faster that way...
 
Of course if you leave it on a bed it will heat up. That is the whole point of sheets and quilts and all that. It insulates body/laptop heat so that your body/laptop stays while you are sleeping/crunching. 😀
 
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