1
I have a 2-months-old Sony Vaio VPCCW21FX. It has a wired connection and I use it for downloading purposes generally. I leave it open most of the time but I really wonder if there's a break-point that the laptop starts to get harm. How long should I leave it open at maximum before I shut it down for a while for some rest? I need an answer like this:
You can leave your Vaio open for ... days, and then give it a rest for ... hours. Because ...
I've never had overheating problems with my Vaio within 2 months, but I don't know if I'll have in the long run. Does it shorten its lifespan to leave it open?
Mostly I leave it open for 3 days, and then I give it a rest since I don't want to do harm to it. Hibernation and sleeping modes are all off. I just turn the display off. Running programs are Firefox with DownThemAll! addon, uTorrent, MS Security Essentials and the routine system files. My OS is Win7 x64.
P.S.: I've seen some questions like "Leaving laptop plugged all the time" on SU. Since my question is totally different from them, please don't vote to delete.
Isn't your laptop set up to sleep when not busy?? And what harm (other than wasted energy) occurs if it keeps running all the time? I close mine when not in use for hours, but mainly to save the display (whose backlight fluorescent tubes have a limited lifetime -- newer units with LED backlights would be less of a concern). A bigger concern is the battery -- if your unit has it you should enable the "Battery Care" function to extend battery life. – Daniel R Hicks – 2015-07-02T11:19:01.327