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Forum: General April 17th 10, 07:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:20:31 -0400, kony wrote:


Up to you, but personally I never turn equipment off at the wall and
don't have any problem with doing so. It uses a single-digit # of...
Forum: General April 16th 10, 04:04 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 438
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
Good Format Program for Hard Disk with Some Bad Clusters

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:00:09 -0400, wrote:


Do you know of a good format program I can download that allows me
to format this hard disk without trying to...
Forum: General April 12th 10, 03:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 496
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
Floppy drive recognized by BIOS, but no access to disks

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:50:25 -0500, Grinder wrote:

Some BIOSes don't really do much of a check on the existance of the
drive. Do you hear the drive make a quick read on startup?

Yes, as I...
Forum: General April 12th 10, 03:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:42:36 +0000, Nicholas Dreyer wrote:

Yes, I would never want to go through with all that Dave suggests - and
doubt anyone else would, unless they have some...
Forum: General April 12th 10, 03:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:32:23 +1200, ~misfit~ wrote:

Not so much to the motherboard but there's more stress put on the power
supply as the big capacitors 'fill', there's a big inrush current....
Forum: General April 12th 10, 02:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:28:18 +0200, Massimo wrote:

On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:39:00 -0400, "David W. Hodgins"
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:30:43 -0400, Nicholas...
Forum: General April 10th 10, 04:48 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 496
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
Floppy drive recognized by BIOS, but no access to disks

Floppy drive attached to motherboard:
After replacing a blown power supply, everything else on the motherboard
seems back to normal, but software (e.g. file browsers, etc.) recognize
the drive, but...
Forum: General April 10th 10, 04:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:08:51 -0400, Strobe wrote:

On 09 Apr 2010 03:26:08 GMT, Nicholas Dreyer wrote:

I keep my PC on for at most a few hours a day. After it has...
Forum: General April 9th 10, 04:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 17
Views: 919
Posted By Nicholas Dreyer
More or less safe to turn off power supply rocker switch?

I keep my PC on for at most a few hours a day. After it has powered
down, is it safer to shut off all power to the motherboard using the
toggle switch on the power supply, or is it better to leave...
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