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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
Solid state mass storage mediums decay over time, as stated by previous answers. This has a steep temperature dependence, and in a hot environment you can expect data corruption to happen many times ...
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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
As others have pointed, electronic components do decay over time. But this time is measured in decades. The computer would be hopelessly obsolete and unfit for any useful work long before that happens....
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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
Mostly RAM, motherboard and other compoenents will not have a shorter lifespan due to not using them. The bios may lose its settings if the battery runs out.
You can lose data from hard drives that ...
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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
The part I would be worried about is the hard disk. I've found that dormant PCs typically have difficulty spinning up the hard drive if left idle for a while. I'm guessing that the lubricant in the ...
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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
Yes, specifically electrolytic capacitors can “deform” (basically short out) if left unpowered for a number of years (see https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8794/do-electrolytic-...
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why does my wifi think my desktop is 10 different devices and why does each one have a different ip address?
Well, if you're running modern OSes, windows included, they have an option for randomised MAC addresses as a privacy option. Since many routers are going to give a different IP per mac address, its ...
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