A week ago I took my machine to a tech-place where they offered free help (can't go wrong there) in dianosing computer issues. I thought I had developed a bad virus as this thing was crashing more than I wanted. I also could not update anti-virus software (still can't). I'lll be visiting another forum on that matter. So this guy takes my box to back room to check entire system.
About 4 hours later I came back to pick thing up and he told me that the power suppy was failing. That is what caused the crashing issue (I'm not sure why). So he said replace power supply and don't use old one or I could face more serious problems (fire?) It was depressing that I had to go 3 days without this in running condition till I had $$ to buy power supply, but finally replaced power supply myself (a major life accomplishment for me).
So now things seem to be running better--as he did update OS software that was needed. But what I want to know pertains to turning this off after use, or letting it run continusly. My friend says constant on-off causes "surges" to system that may be bad. His is on continusly. But I want to hear from the jury on this. Keep machine on, or shut it down at night. This decision rests entirly in your hands.
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