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to: ROY J. TELLASON
from: JIM HOLSONBACK
date: 2003-10-18 09:58:00
subject: Testing ATX power supply

-=> 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> :-)

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

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