Overusage of a Laptop

[no2pencil]

A few years ago, my gf's sister asked me how to disable the network card timeout (in the power settings) on her laptop so she could download torrents overnight. I refused to assist her because a. The torrents she was downloading were illegal & b. because laptops were not meant to be ran 24x7. She was slightly unhappy but time went on. Well now my gf finds her self in the same dilemma. For the last few months she's left her laptop on nonstop, & now the monitor turned a fuzzy red. To anyone with laptop repair experience, this is evidence that the ccfl bulb is starting to go. So I suggest that she start powering the thing off at night. She refused. Today, in a panic, she brings the laptop over, it starts up completely red with the compaq bios logo, & when Windows starts the entire LCD is flickering on & off until the entire display dies. So Monday, when I go into my shop, I get to replace her LCD ccfl.

When I use my laptop, I use it for the extended length of time that I need to get my work done, & then I promptly power it off.

For those here with Laptops, what kind of usage (or punishment) do you dish out onto your laptop? What about your friends or family? Have any of them ever pushed the laptop to it's limits like the above?

[techfreak]

I am using my laptop for 8 hours daily too. I dont know whether its gonna create problem for me or not.

[bozonessinc]

You need to, add a monitor.. Sorry bud on that one.. I knew someone, his burnt out.. Big dots showed on the screen.. So now he has a monitor to go with it...

I use my netbook for something like 4 hours!

[no2pencil]

(12-22-2009 11:18 AM)bozonessinc Wrote:  You need to, add a monitor.. Sorry bud on that one..

No worries. I've already replaced the ccfl.