>>FWIW: on my enclosures, i follow the old world ways and power the
>>external enclosures first before powering the computer they are
>>attached to ;)

 DaOW>      Sorry, I follow the old old world and plug the external
 DaOW> case into the computers power supply.

oh, you mean into the old (as in not available on most PWS' these days) CRT
power connector on the back of the computer's PWS?

 DaOW> It is my understanding that the A/C just passes through the
 DaOW> power supplies ON/OFF switch and not actually through the
 DaOW> power supply.

this is true... the only ones i've seen that old connector on, these days,
have been on old power supplies... i think i still have a few cables with
that deep hood on them that connect to those...

)\/(ark