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to: JIM HOLSONBACK
from: Roy J. Tellason
date: 2003-10-18 20:05:58
subject: Testing ATX power supply

JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=-

 MMC> The steps are reversed!  First plug in the power cable, then flip
 MMC> the switch on, _then_ jumper the green wire.  Some use a
 MMC> 'momentary' jump, others have to keep the jumper on.

 RJT> Oh?  Funny how I used to make my living with this stuff,  but these
 RJT> days the idea of poking a bit of wire at that PS plug is somehow less
 RJT> than appealing...
 RJT> :-)

 JH> Hee.  I've just been using a bare paperclip,  bent into a "U"
 JH> shape. - - -  JimH.

Well,  for some unknown reason paperclips here are out in the other room. 
OTOH,  I did happen to have a bit of wire sitting here on the desk,  so...

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