What damage can your computer get?

I know very little about computers I was wondering what kind of damage mine receives, if any, when I leave it on for 40 hours at a time. Can it eventually mess my computer up?

 

that might eventually cause it to overheat and fry the motherboard and power supply or whatever it is called, not sure though

 

short answer: no

if your using windows: you will slow down untill you restart if you leave it on for a long period of time


long answer: no, unless like afore mentioned your computer has heating issues (most don't) as long as your not having it sit in a 100+ degree room at a constant full load, but leaving it on causes no harm

 

Your Fan will become inefective and will not be able to cool down your hardware-Possibly can cause a minor fire

 

Depends how hot your video card etc gets

 

Well, overheating and the fan stopping, wouldn't that only happen if you leave it on forever? If i turn it off for about 5 hours every 40 hours should I be alright?

 

Yah, you should be fine as long as your comps pretty good and not real old, mine owns

 

if you have a newer computer, (hence your worry of damage)
then none of the mentioned apply

unless you live a greenhouse on the equator.

 

yah like imsocexy said, it depends on if your computer is a box of crap or not

 

guys unless your running an oven for a computer there is nothing to worry about, i have an old computer that is about 5~ years old its now my server and it has been on for 3 weeks now (had to stop due to thunderstorms/possible thunderstorms)

the only real time your machine might heat up is if you playing a game with anti aliasing and antostopic filtering at high levels

 

LAWL turn your monitor off if you don't want an image over what it diplays that happened with my old crt monitor, now i got a flatscreen liguid crystal color one "burn an image into your monitor" is what most ppl say

 

no it wouldent overheat your computer will be fine. But if your going to be doing that go into standby mode and it will conserve a lot of energy

 

i leave my computer on all the time only time i turn it off is when i restart cause somthings not working =p mines fine it used to get hot but took the siding off and now its fine.

 

Ok thanks everybody

My computers an almost brand new Acer with pretty decent specs, so I think I should be alright.

 

taking the side off will most likly make it hotter