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Date:      Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:38:34 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG, N <niels@bakker.net>
Subject:   Re: PIIX4?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990806113834.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990806015556.CC777271@woodstock.monkey.net>

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On 06-Aug-99 Jon Hamilton wrote:
>  that having the computer remain off when power is reapplied may save
>  you some problems e.g. in a storm, where the power may flash off and
>  back on quickly several times in a short period.  In that scenario, you
>  are almost certainly better off just letting the machine sit there powered
>  down.

Or get a UPS..

>  } Most ATX-based motherboards are real bad in this respect, sucking
>  } kilowatts of power when they get plugged in, and no way to disable this
>  } (no real on/off switch).
>  Kilowatts?  Hardly.

I don't think they'd even have a high startup current either..

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum

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