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Old 04-08-2010, 07:38 PM   #52
Diemenz
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Originally Posted by theJuice View Post
God, this is such a stupid question, but why do you turn off the stuff?

I'm not really knowledgeable, but is their some sort of permanent damage or ramifications by leaving it on and the power potentially dying?

I get that PC may lose whatever data your working on if you dont save, but what else?
Most appliances are set to just restart when there is an outage, if they are constantly starting up and shutting down there is a chance you can blow your PSU (small chance but still a chance).
On DLP Tv's there is a big chance you can actually burn out your bulb from power cycles.

I have had a few computers go on me from power cycles and ever since that day I have decided to take the safe route. You never really know if your having a outage or a spike.

Outage = not so bad
Spike = finding out MacTavish is your teams new coach
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