can my PC burn?

**TheBlackSnow** · January 9th, 2005, 02:23 PM

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SanDiegoKid · January 9th, 2005, 02:36 PM

Forever and ever.

Just make sure the case is free of dust and crap... your fans and CPU heatsink too.

**TheBlackSnow** · January 9th, 2005, 02:38 PM

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**The Hunter** · January 9th, 2005, 02:42 PM

Celerons, while not the fastest CPUs, are very cool running, and long lived. Like you were told, just keep things free from dust.

**mfgbypooter** · January 9th, 2005, 02:43 PM

How often do you turn it off and for how long?
Have you ever taken it apart and blown out the inside with compressed air?

Generally, except for the occasional reboot, mine is never shut off.

**rainbowdemon** · January 9th, 2005, 02:46 PM

Since I've been on broadband, I leave mine on for 2-3 days at a time. Just leave Ares and DC open for anybody who wants anything.

**TheBlackSnow** · January 9th, 2005, 02:49 PM

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**bmc152003** · January 9th, 2005, 02:51 PM

hmm i havnt been leaving mine on too much, ive been hibernating it at night if that counts but i think i may leave it running all the time and use it as an alarm clock lol

**cpugeniusmv** · January 9th, 2005, 02:59 PM

just blow the dust out of it every once in a while, and it'll run for years.

**-0-BACKLASH-0-** · January 9th, 2005, 03:00 PM

I've had mine on for probably a month at a time with no reboot. I've never kept track, but I'm sure well over 30 days has gone by with no downtime.

**The Hunter** · January 9th, 2005, 03:02 PM

CPU, tell him so he knows, those things are pretty much tanks, arnt they? PS Im still running that old 950 Cell, and the temp hardly ever goes over 30 Cel.

**cpugeniusmv** · January 9th, 2005, 03:04 PM

i have several computers that have had uptimes well over 100 days. the only reason they ever have gone down is for configuration changes, or hardware upgrades. and one time i accidentally hit the power button.

**The Hunter** · January 9th, 2005, 03:06 PM

Or the screwdriver incident. LOL

**hawkburn** · January 9th, 2005, 03:19 PM

Personally theres a problem with my system not being able to shut itself down, without just holding the power button, windows is crap... So lately I've only restarted occasionaly because of some RAID drivers and other new programs, windows patches, etc....

I think my record uptime was about 50 days before, and it restarted because the house lost power, otherwise I would have waited longer. A celeron won't overheat unless you take the heatsink and fan off of it and leave it runnig. Otherwise, don't worry about it.

**mcovey** · January 9th, 2005, 03:24 PM

I usually leave mine on for 24 hours or so before I get antsy and leave it off for a few hours. sometimes when I'm at school I'll turn it off ... I have this neato exhaust pipe thing to keep the dust out but I do take a peek inside and clear it of dust bunnies every so often.