On Monday 28 October 2002 13:43, Yuri de Groot wrote: > >Before anyone has some wrong ideas, shutting a computer down by itself > >will not protect it from surges, unless you also switch it off at the > >wall (or use the equivalent switch at the power supply, yeah right if > >there was one). These days power supplies are always on, even if the > >disks aren't spinning. 100% safe of course would be to pull the plug > >from the wall. > > I have an old case with an actual on/off switch that flicks up and down, > rather than an on/off button. > Is that what you mean by "equivalent switch at the power supply"?
Ya,. those rock. Although most atx p/s I've seen have a switch on the p/s itself, which I think is hard power off. I like the old ones better though (I had an old 286 with the meaty big red switch, those were *cool*). Sometimes I want to power up another p/s, either to power extra peripherals, or when I need a 12v supply for something else, or when I'm just checking to see if the fan still spins on an old one I found, or whatever. It's a real pain to have to find a spare mobo to plug it into, just so I can switch it on. </rant> Gareth
