COMPUTER PROBLEM ?

@ossobuco,

Not a problem. When you erase them, you just better remember your username and password on every site you visit. My bank goes one step further. It rejects both till I click a response button. Then it sends a temporary password to my email of record, which I paste into the login screen - and I have to do it within thirty minutes.

About fans: I'm not sure Mac uses fans.

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@ossobuco,

All power supplies have fans. Do you hear that whirring and slight hum when you put your ear close to the case? Do you feel the breeze at the back or bottom of the case? Without sufficient air and exhaust, fans would seize up and p/s would fail - making it an expensive boat anchor or paperweight..

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@roger,

What? All computers have fans of some sort as the power supplies need cooling.

http://resale.headgap.com/g4powersupply/

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Any computer technician could easily get to your data just by copying your hard drive over to one on his computer unless you are encrypting every file. Still, technicians are typically after porn, not wills, so you are probably safe. That said, you should probably use an external hard drive for your work, lock it away in a safe when you are not using it and back it up regularly. That way, someone can break in, walk off with your computer and you and your clients are still good. External hard drives are cheap, easy to use and readily available at any office supply or electronic store.

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@Ragman,

Ok, that is sort of how I remember it. Good, as long as I have my handy dandy list of logins. Which I do - I send myself an email with the current list from time to time.
But, is it true that cookies take up valuable space over the years?

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@ossobuco,

I'm on my second hard drive. So, another basic question -
should I be shutting the babe off from time to time? (She talks too much, she worries me to death...)

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@ossobuco,

Shutting it off? Sorry, but you can only shut off your computer. And the only way to 'shut off' the hard drive is to unplug the power connector inside the case.

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@Ragman,

eh? really? (ok, I sound dumb, because I am). I became convinced years ago that it was all right to leave it on, in sleep mode. So, I'm just worrywarting if I somehow accelerated computer hard drive death by doing that. But.. it sounds like you're saying no.

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@ossobuco,

Sorry, but you are confusing me. Which are you asking if you can shut off - the computer or the hard drive?

If you mean shut off the computer, yes, of course you can. You can also put it in sleep mode. However, if you want to prolong the life of a power supply, then shut off the computer.

There is sufficient debate as to whether or not shutting of the computer periodically prolongs the life OVERALL of the computer. Some experts say to shut them off nightly others say to do it weekly..and still others say not at all.

Not to confuse, but that is a different issue than prolonging the life of the power supply itself - perhaps a slightly different issue.

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@Ragman,

Sorry to be confusing you! (Hi, Rags)

I have not understood that the two (hard drive and computer) are different re shutting off.

Since I never have shut off any or all - except for a kind of close - I am not clear if I should mend my ways.

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@ossobuco,

hi, Osso!

I'm going to assume you mean shutting off the computer..not the hard drive.

[Sorry...you might have added your comment while I editred mine so you might not have seen my last edit]

How long typically have you had your computers (life spans) since you have been owning them? How often do you get them removed of dust inside them?

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@ossobuco,

Cookies take up a minor amount of HD space, but over a period of years, it can be signifcant if you never delete them and visit a lot of sites or viist some sites daily or hourly (like A2K usage).

Along with cookies, there are thousands of temp Internet files, too. Also there are many registry errors that occur from partial or bad proggie installs, etc. There's a lot of data maint that computers should have done regularly in order to keep them snappy.

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@Ragman,

I had my husband's sanyo well into the late nineties, first in our house in the late eighties. I bought a mac computer for schools (as I understood it) in the later nineties, from a local ad. Managed to deal with it.

I bought an obsolete mac (by definition) at Costco in early 2000.

I bought a new mac here in abq in early 2006.

I have never inquired about dust inside them, but I can see that could be an issue.

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@ossobuco,

My question is basically do you get more than 5-6 yrs from your computers? If you do, then chances are you've been doing the right thing or are just lucky.

Typically, if you keep the fans free of dust, you will get better life out of a computer as the power supply will last longer. Somewhat up for debate is the issue over whether or not to shut them off or to put in sleep mode.

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@Ragman,

Thanks, rag.

We get sand here, and also crap from the furnace filter, so...

but, my computer seems fine. Famous last words.

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@ossobuco,

When it comes to dust and heat build-up, it often shows itself when it might be too late. hence the term preventative maintenance. As a former field service computer engineer for DEC, we used to clean all computer power supply fans quarterly. On PC (and MAC) it is very easy item to clean.

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@ehBeth,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

At the time, I got the best that was available.

ehBeth wrote:

the "best at the time" still needs maintenance

understood

David

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@engineer,

engineer wrote:

Any computer technician could easily get to your data just by copying your hard drive over to one on his computer unless you are encrypting every file. Still, technicians are typically after porn, not wills, so you are probably safe. That said, you should probably use an external hard drive for your work, lock it away in a safe when you are not using it and back it up regularly. That way, someone can break in, walk off with your computer and you and your clients are still good. External hard drives are cheap, easy to use and readily available at any office supply or electronic store.

Thank u. I had some criminal related matters.

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@Ragman,

Ragman wrote:

My question is basically do you get more than 5-6 yrs from your computers?
If you do, then chances are you've been doing the right thing or are just lucky.

Typically, if you keep the fans free of dust, you will get better life out of a computer as the power supply will last longer. Somewhat up for debate is the issue over whether or not to shut them off or to put in sleep mode.

I 've never been educated as to how to clean a fan.

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Thanks, everyone.

I took it in to a repairman, who fixed it in less than ten minutes,
while I watched. It only needed a new videocard.

David

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