[vox-tech] PC power supplies

eric nelson vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:03:36 -0800


I think it's just the nature of switching supplies that they need a load.  
when I want to make one work, sometimes I add extra load, like an extra CD 
rom or something.

On Saturday 23 February 2002 09:21 pm, you wrote:
> I don't it would be applicable to all power supplies.
>
> As I do with all incomplete questions... Why do you ask?
>
> -sp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org
> [mailto:vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org]
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] PC power supplies
>
> I once thought I killed the power supply on a system, but it recovered
> sometime later.  I still don't know what happened exactly, but I think
> it
> was some sort of a protection circuit.  Couldn't tell you if it exists
> on
> all power supplies.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > do pc power supplies have an automatic kill circuit to not let the
>
> power
>
> > supply on when it's not loaded?
> >
> > if so, is this a feature of all power supplies or some power supplies?
> >
> > pete
>
> --
> Mark K. Kim
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