2007-09-12 18:11:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Are you using this as a home network hub / file sharing machine?
I would simply buy a new power supply ($20-30) for it and spray all the dust out with compressed air.
Power supplies will generally die before any other component, with hard drives coming in second. Power supplies also lose power as they age, putting even more stress on them as they continue to be used.
Heat is the number one killer of hard drives. Newegg and other stores carry hard drive cooler for around $4-7. I was skeptical at first, but my hard drive were running hot to the touch so I bought some. My hard drive temps dropped 8-11 degrees Celcius on average! I'm never again going to use a hard drive without one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000577+4024&Configurator=&Subcategory=577&description=hard+cooler&Ntk=&srchInDesc=
I use this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835888114
2007-09-12 18:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by Izzy N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's amazing that a computer, especially a gateway still works after 10 years. You might want to leave it on cause the cmos battery might be getting low making it hard to boot up.
2007-09-13 01:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by mark b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the older computers it's really a waste of electricity. Turn it off unless you want to take the case off and use it as a room heater too
2007-09-13 01:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by desertcities 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless you're having problems booting up turn it off. Time to get green and quit wasting power. LOL.
2007-09-13 01:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by s j 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
turn it off. 10yrs old. it's probably full of dust. dust hold heat and causes processors to fry.
2007-09-13 01:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by agello24 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
turn it off
2007-09-13 01:15:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋