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    Sleep (or on/off) bad for HD's?

    Hi nesika41 I think in another thread I said something like depending on the design, a battery-back-up might protect from the electric co. turn on transients, or lightning strike transients. I can conceive of a design of battery back-up that would do this, whether anyone actually produces one...
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    Connecting G5 to HP 6mp with USB to Parallel cable

    I searched the Printer forum, and someone else asked this exact question, unfortunately, the answer given had virtually nothing to do with the question. So.....I'll ask it again, I suspect others might be interested. I am purchasing a G5 2.3GHz dual core desktop, and want to use my HP 6mp...
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    Powermac G4 Tower Won't Start After Power Outage

    I just posted a reply to someone else and mentioned power outages. Thot I'd put it here, too. I've been an elect. tech for over 40 years, and have a minor in electronic design on masters deg. The AC power is, by definition, constantly reversing polarity. The big problem in a power outage is the...
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    Sleep (or on/off) bad for HD's?

    As an elect. tech of about 40 odd years, with a minor in electronic design on my masters, let me say that turn on transients do the most damage to most equipment: light bulbs, 60" HDTVs, computers. The primary effect is an AC voltage spike at turn-on. However, once the computer is up and...
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