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Article #24551Re: turning off the monitor
From: stevens
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1987 20:15
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1987 20:15
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Concerning turning the power supply on and off (vs. turning
the computer itself on and off). I have a very early
model of the ST and worried a lot when I read reports
of the early power supplies zapping the computer. Just
by accident I have always turned the supply on and off
at the wall switch and, for 1-1/2 years have had no problems.
I wonder if the early model supplies were producing extra
high voltage under no-load conditions. Then when you turn
the computer on, you would apply too high a voltage to it
for several milliseconds. Turning it on at the wall
switch would avoid the problem.
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