Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mg32+ From: mg32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Ginsberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Turning on a computer Message-ID: Date: 5 Sep 89 10:15:15 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 25 I have a question (and it may not make any sense). I was thinking: I use a system switch (turns on computer, monitor, etc...) If I turn the computer off and on at it's switch, it should immediately supply full power and cut off full power to the computer. This sounds like a good thing. On the other hand, if I turn off the system switch, this cuts power to the computer's power supply, which would then, assuming I'm thinking correctly, send dwindling power to the computer. My question: assuming the above is logically correct, does this "dwindling" effect do any long term damage to my computer? It's a personal computer, and while I've never had any major problems with it yet, I would like to minimize my chances of failure. --Michael Ginsberg Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARPA: mg32+@andrew.cmu.edu |Electrocution, n: BITNET:mg32%andrew@cmccvb | Burning at the stake with UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mg32+ | all the modern improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------