Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!ames!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Help: IIcx powers itself down Message-ID: <1990Dec17.160953.13142@eng.umd.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 16:09:53 GMT References: <110870@convex.convex.com> <111548@convex.convex.com> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 18 In article <111548@convex.convex.com> woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) writes: >(Opening Apple Technical Manuals - flipping pages) >OK, I checked - unless one of my friends from Apple corporate would like >to correct me, I state again. The power going out from the back of all >Mac II's is directly controlled by the Power Supply - IT IS NOT A PASS >THROUGH. The wattage that is stated on the back of the PS as being the >max includes any power going out through the power connector to the >monitor, HD or whatever. I guess you can always try it - Plug a hair >dryer into the back of a cx and see what happens. YOW! With that supply rated at 90 watts, and the Hi-Res RGB rated at 160 watts maximum (I assume you would approach this on a cold power-on), you are really straining the supply... (Appropriate flames at Apple people who did this) -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.