Is leaving computer on 24/7 a problem?

I use my computer download a lot of stuff (music, movie, games, etc). I usually leave my computer on all night for downloading. Does anyone know if this behavior may cause problem in the future? I don't want my comp break because of downloading all night because my warranty is almost expired.

 

I leave my old laptop on all the time. It's too slow to shut down and restart [ ]. I just leave it clocked down to keep it cool, and I have the screen switch off after a while, because screens (especially the backlight) do wear down, but at a veeeeeery slow rate.

So in short, not really a big deal to leave it on!

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Some would argue that booting is bad for electronic components in computers and leaving it on is preferrable. I definitely leave my desktops on 24/7. Another thing is windows likes to do some optimization when it thinks a user is not around. All of a sudden you'll see the harddisk light pegged solid. If you never give windows some unattended peace, that disk optimization never happens. It's not disk indexing, because that's one of the first things i de-select when setting up a new computer.

-David

 

yes yes windows does self-repair when it's idle. I have read this, u can get info from the net

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just make sure you arent doing anything too intensive on the laptop overnight. I fried my n5010 by leaving seti at home running overnight, forgot to shut it down before going to bed... but fujitsu fixed it, so ive learned my lesson.

 

I fired my e7010 at Jan cos I left it on for a week, don't do that........
I took it back for warranty and they installed a new motherbaord in for me very good service, I got it back at the day after

 

Gee, supersonic, I left my N5010 running finite element models overnight on lots of occaisions without any harm yet. Processor is pegged all night... I did get the 3 year warranty to be safe.

The biggest problem with constant usage will be heat, the effects of which are cumulative, I believe. Let it get too hot too long too many times and something will probably fail. I need to do lots of modeling (run hot and long) for my dissertation, so I bought warranty to make sure I can keep the machine running for as long as I need it to last me. My N5010 is supposed to be a portable DTR and that's how I need to use it.