[LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sat Jul 17 21:27:46 UTC 2010


On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 23:23 +0200, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> The strange thing about that PC power switch is that it is
> almost never used. The rendering machines wake up by a LAN
> message from the master, and shutdown by remote control as
> well. They are never touched.

That makes it more easy for particulate matter to hurt the switch. Using
a switch will shorten it's live time, but never using it will do it too,
because when you use the switch, also dirt gets hurt, not only the
switch.




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