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| subject: | Testing ATX power supply |
-> Years ago in the days of the "AT" PSs, I wired a cigarette lighter into one of -> the blank front panels on one of my dealer's 'display systems' with a 200W PS. -> It worked great, and caught a few comments, maybe a customer or two. At least -> a few people asked questions, that was a first step! -> When the system became an ATX with a 250W PS, my dealer had me move the lighter -> to the new system. Attempting to use it there ALWAYS caused a system shutdown, -> then we had to wait five minutes before the PS would turn on again. The -> lighter was disconnected, and left as a conversation piece after that. -> Either the ATX 250W didn't have the 'guts' of the AT 200W, or the ATX had a -> quicker overload sensor. Never tried it since... :-(( Becasue of the Turn on circuit of the ATX power supply I suspect it is shutting down becasue it sees too much voltage droop. Although the 5 minute wait leans toward a Thermal Overload. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5* Origin: Shakey Jake's *ALL FREE BBS* Santee, CA (1:202/1324) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 202/1324 10/3 106/2000 633/267 |
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