old(ish) computers for sale
>the disks and he gave me one, a Maxtor. I had it on a pc, laying
>on top of a table and one day it went "BLAM!" like someone set
>off a firecracker, and the pc shut down. Turned power off/on and it
>came right back like nothing had happened! Turned out to be
<a reversed biased diode across the power lines let got - nothing
>important.
Ah - you got one of those special NED's (Noise Emitting Diodes),
I see.
Tim.
Received on Sat Dec 05 1998 - 16:56:41 GMT
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