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On Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:33:33 -0500, you wrote:
>I run my computer and BMI box on all the time day and night and both seems
>to get pretty warm. If your not night trading and don't care about
>gathering data after session 1 is it better to cut both Computer and BMI
>box off at night are does it matter?
>
>Robert
Robert believe it or not, it is actually better for your computer to
continue to run 24-hours-a-day! And YES, the components will last
longer and give you less problems! (these are my own experiences and
observations from about 2 dozen computers over the past 17 years!)
Now, this is assuming that all components are properly cooled!
Myself... I currently have an old P-120, with everything, that I've
had running for 3+ years, with only the occasional flip of the power
switch to the OFF position! Mostly simply to swap components or
extended vacations!
The same goes for my 1 year old 233 K-6!
However, you DO want to turn off your Omega server every now & then to
re-boot, simply to clear out your swap file in Win95 anyway, don't
know about NT! Personally, mine gets over 100mb sometimes by the end
of the week, and I don't know of a better way to reduce that file
size... YET!
As far as your BMI box, I would venture an educated guess that it is
designed for 100% usage... I don't believe it has any movable parts?
Hope that helps you!
PS. don't forget the surge protector or better yet a UPS!
Have a good day & happy trading
JMB
TraderGuy@xxxxxxx
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