On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 11:20:09PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:52:31PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:39:40PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > It's a feature. The ATX PCs are mostly on, even when ``off'' (think > > > standby), too. > > > > Which is a misfeature. Sometimes on a dual-boot system "ATX-off" isn't > > enough to reset everything and you have to pull the plug to avoid it locking > > up when booting the other OS. > > It should allow such things as waking up on network activity, etc. True. But I would suggest that the majority of ATX boxes probably don't use that functionality... > You have malfunctioning HW/SW even without ATX :-( Also true! > > It can also result in damaged hardware if you > > swap bits around without pulling the plug. > > Well, you just have to switch it off first... ;-) Me, I do :-) But it's natural to think that "off" from the power button really is "off", and it does no harm to repeat the warning... > Every decent ATX > power supply has a /real/ power switch. It's at the back of the PC, > usually. Most ATX PSUs are indecent, though :-) Being happy with soldering irons and big capacitors charged to 330V, I fit /real/ power switches on my boxes. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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