To leave on or not for laptops
We have a lab of 15 laptop computers. At the end of their use, they are all placed into a charge cart. My desire is to set these laptops to stay on in the cart while being plugged in so that I can administer updates and other things whenever necessary. The only question I have is, is there a problem with leaving a laptop plugged in most of the time while it is still on? What effect does it have on the battery and anything else? I have read numerous theories on this so I was curious of the opinions in this forum.
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Oh and sometimes you can set the updates to shutdown after the updates are installed, that is another potential solution.
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The cart is a special design for laptops. It stacks them vertically and leaves room for the cords.
I was thinking that maybe I could set a wakeup timer on the weekend to turn the laptops on and then do updates...if something like that is possible.
I was thinking that maybe I could set a wakeup timer on the weekend to turn the laptops on and then do updates...if something like that is possible.
The hardware should be fine but batteries will fry within about 6 months
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I would disagree with John. Most of these are new laptops and have lithium batteries that won't overcharge like older laptops. I think they may wear faster, but I don't think 6 months they would be fried.
Lithium batteries will stop charging but the start recharging quickly on use and that cycle will keep going . A battery may last longer - it depends. But the batteries do not last long compared to ones used normally,
SSD laptops can stay on unplugged and monitor off for 4 or 5 hours and that may work for you
SSD laptops can stay on unplugged and monitor off for 4 or 5 hours and that may work for you
As far as setting up a wakeup timer, potentially the OS can handle that, but I believe the laptops will need to be in a Hibernate or Sleep mode.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63070-enable-disable-wake-timers-windows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/63070-enable-disable-wake-timers-windows-10-a.html
if you can enable WOL (Wake on Lan) on the laptops then send a WOL packet to the machines, now do your stuff, this gives you the best of both worlds
How about you set up a power on for every X-day night. Set Windows to install updates at night and shutdown when the updates are completed.
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Good idea also
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Exhaust facing sideways
so the hot air blows at the laptop next to it?
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No. The other way
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Should be ok as long as hot air from one is not blowing on another and the input air is cool and free.
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