[ILUG] Dead BP6

[Jeremy Smyth]

 *feeling like I'm stating the obvious*
 
 I've always just flicked the power switch to the socket on the outlet,
leaving it earthed with no power.....
 
 On Monday, October 04, 1999 3:58 PM, Someone said...
> > Here's a thought:
> > 
> > Could there be enough power left in the capacitors in the psu to blow
your
> > board 
> > (and not in a fun way) even when the box is plugged out?
> > 
> > Should you maybe hit the 'on' button to bleed 'em out or disconnect the
> > power to 
> > the mother board before attacking it with screw-drivers?
> > 
> >  -Michael
> >  
> >  
> > > To: ilug at linux.ie
> > > Subject: Re: [ILUG] Dead BP6
> > > Cc: valen at tuatha.org
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> > > 
> > > Kate said while whinging about his dead motherboard
> > > 
> > > >Anyway, I was fitting the heatsinks, and it turns out that Socket370
is a
> > > >tad bigger than Intels's old Pentiums. But if you ask for a "Celeron"
> > > >heatsink, you get a pentium one. The clip just needs to be streched a
> > > >little. And the BP6 has very little room around the CPU, for a big
> > heatsink
> > > >- it's a crowded board. I wasn't putting enough force into pushing
the
> > ckip
> > > >down, and it slipped out, and touched the board itself. I saw a
little
> > > >spark, and thought "That's odd - it's powered off".
> > > 
> > > >Turns out that ATX cases provide power to the motherboards, even when
> > they
> > > >are powered off, to allow for boards with "wakeup-on-dial"
functionality.
> > > >So, though it's completely silent, your ATX board has 12v going
around
> > the
> > > >edge. One touch of metal off that, and "sayonara motherboard". I no
> > longer
> > > >will leave the power cable in when doing hardware stuff on a machine.
> > > 
> > > Jeez - isn't life a bitch. I would strongly recommend leaving a power
> > cable in
> > > a box for grounding purposes, but if you're inclined to be as clumsy
as
> > Kate 
> > :-)
> > > disconnect the ATX power plug from the motherboard before working on
it
> > (and 
> > maybe
> > > you should tape it up away from the board too :-)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Kindest regards,
> > > 
> > > 
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