question about doin alot of conversions

[tonemgub]

i got a question which might sound dumb but i honestly dont know the answer, say u were to do a lot of conversions on your computer (using tmpgenc) like i mean alot alot like 3-4 hours a day, can this damage your computer if there is no overheating problems? my cd burner died on me recently and i havent used it that much but i just been doin alot of these conversions so i was just wondering if they were related incidence. thanks in advance for any replies.

[jimmalenko]

3-4 hours a day ? NOOB alert !

It's not unusual for me to batch up a few conversions and have my encoding machine running for days at a time.

Wear and tear will naturally shorten the product life (since no device is 100% replenishable back to its original state), and it stands to reason that if you can get so many "man-hours" out of each device, and you start using these devices for more hours per day, that the overall life in days is reduced (in theory). Hardware quality varies by manufacturer also.

In all honesty, provided that you have adequate cooling, and ventilation around your tower, then overheating shouldn't be a problem.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

...It's not unusual for me to batch up a few conversions and have my encoding machine running for days at a time...

indeed, a 72 hour batch is not uncommon for me.
no components have failed me yet, and overheating is not a problem either.

[RabidDog]

If you do a LOT of video conversions then you may find one of two things will happen, a) your video pipelines will become worn and abraded b) your video pipelines will become clogged.
If the material you are encoding is dark and gritty (noisy) then clogging could be a problem. If however it is mostly bright and clean (DVD sources) then abrasion can happen. This will show up as one of your pipelines failing and you will notice a general slowdown, in particular graphics, but also the rest of your computer. Most modern PCs have at least 8 pipelines often 16, so the loss of one is not really significant.