4 Sep
1998
4 Sep
'98
1:16 p.m.
normally one of the components is trying to do something with the power,
but it can't. sort of like when you short a wall transformer and it starts
to hum. Another example is how some of the old computer screens or TV's
sometimes put a high-pitched whistle.
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
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From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com To: Discussion re-collecting of classic
computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Osborne 01 computer smoked..
Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 9:18 PM
On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
dastar(a)siconic.com
semiconductors have failed. If the supply is
'tweeting' then the most
likely problem is either a short on the secondary side (e.g. a shorted
Question: how can a power supply make noise when it fails in the manner
described above?
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