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    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by aliber, Dec 7, 2005.

  1. aliber

    aliber Newbie

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    Does anyone keep their ThinkPads on all the time, is it bad for the battery? Do you notice any system performance degradation (aside from the inescapable Windows memory leakage :) )
     
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  2. dr_st

    dr_st Notebook Deity

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    I've often had it over 24 hours straight. Sometimes a couple of days. Not bad for the battery, no performance degradation.
     
    dr_st, Dec 8, 2005
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    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    If you keep it running 24/7, PLEASE PLEASE clean out the dust bunnies from the heatsink and fan. You end up sucking in a lot more dust, and you can run into cooling issues down the road which might make your CPU start throttling to save itself. Best would be to use a shopvac from the outside, or from the inside an air gun.

    Generally its a bad idea to use an airgun from the outside of the laptop because you will just launch the dust everywhere inside the unit, and not actually clean anything.
     
    dietcokefiend, Dec 8, 2005
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    MP5 Notebook Consultant

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    is it hard to refit the keyboard?
     
    MP5, Dec 8, 2005
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  5. dr_st

    dr_st Notebook Deity

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    On a Thinkpad, not really, although you have to be a bit careful.

    When I did it the first time I was not careful and actually managed to break my Fn key by applying pressure to it diagonally.

    Follow the instructions and don't apply too much force.
     
    dr_st, Dec 8, 2005
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    bhtooefr Notebook Consultant

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    I run mine 24/7, except when it's in the laptop bag. It's my only working computer, so I kinda need it on all the time ;)
     
    bhtooefr, Dec 8, 2005
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