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BFD Deadeye · 12-23-2001, 03:02 AM

To the people that say "leave them on", do you think 40 or 50 degrees really puts that much stress on solder joints/printed circuit boards? Maybe it does, but if you leave a computer off, it sits at room temperature (70), and when it runs, the system rarely goes over 100 FH, and the proc rarely goes over 120 FH. That is 40 maybe 50 degrees, does it really stress it out that bad? What about laptops? Similar components, WAY more variation in temps due to the transporting. I don't think there is a "right" answer to this question...to each there own I guess. Anywho, Merry Christmas all!

12-23-2001, 03:02 AM	#9
BFD Deadeye Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Conrad, Montana USA Posts: 903	Hmmmm To the people that say "leave them on", do you think 40 or 50 degrees really puts that much stress on solder joints/printed circuit boards? Maybe it does, but if you leave a computer off, it sits at room temperature (70), and when it runs, the system rarely goes over 100 FH, and the proc rarely goes over 120 FH. That is 40 maybe 50 degrees, does it really stress it out that bad? What about laptops? Similar components, WAY more variation in temps due to the transporting. I don't think there is a "right" answer to this question...to each there own I guess. Anywho, Merry Christmas all!