Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!maytag!xenitec!lemsys!clemon From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON? Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 91 03:41:36 GMT References: <1991Jun3.194555.3525@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun6.204719.10657@eng.umd.edu> <1991Jun7.154552.14096@infonode.ingr.com>,<1991Jun8.081224.19511@nntp.hut.fi> <1991Jun12.034754.12713@news.iastate.edu> Organization: Not an Organization Lines: 17 In article <1991Jun12.034754.12713@news.iastate.edu> taak9@isuvax.iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes: > Someone I know was running a BBS, when the fan in his harddrive box >died. It was over a weekend, and he hadn't checked up on his machine for >about 3 days. The harddrive overheated, and he basically burned out a very >nice 250 Meg Quantum. Not supporting either opinion yet but, the Amiga (2000) has a current sensor in the fan circuit. I know that when the fan is an open circuit (ie burned out) the power supply will not power up (or will power down). I _think_ that there may be an overcurrent safety (ie, jamming, seizing) that will also cut power. Can a CBM designer confirm? -- Craig Lemon - Kitchener, Ontario. Amiga B2000 UUCPv1.13D. clemon@lemsys.UUCP lemsys!clemon@xenitec.on.ca | Please Mail any binaries xenitec!lemsys!clemon@watmath.uwaterloo.edu | to 'files' at this site ..!uunet!watmath!xenitec!lemsys!clemon | instead of 'clemon'