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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help: IIcx powers itself down
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.145158.17841@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 90 14:51:58 GMT
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In article <110870@convex.convex.com> woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) writes:
>>
>>I suspect your SCSI devices might be the problem.  What kind of hard
>>disk is plugged into your SCSI port?  Are you using a nice, fat cable?
>
>I had this problem once.  Mine was an original cx.  After having the 13"
>RGB plugged into the back of the mac for about 2-3 months, my mac started
>doing the same things that you are describing - shutting itself off.
>Problem - power supply was burning itself out.  Apple replace these
>'problem' power supplies, but the problem still remains - the internal
>power supply really can't handle anything more than a 12" mono monitor
>over a long period of time.

I've got a Mac II which has been running a 13" High-res RGB since early 1988
or so--  seems to handle it fine.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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