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TriggerFin
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Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there...
12/23/10 09:27 PM


> > > > I couldn't get beyond the first one...15 seconds...disks to spin down...Should
> we
> > > > park them too? Welcome to 1991
> > >
> > > LOL, I still miss parkhd ....
> >
> > Nothing to do with disks. A lot of hardware, not just computers, advise a 10 to 15
> > second wait when resetting.
>
> It's to allow for resistor, diode and capacitor decay

I was going to add "to dissipate any residual charge" to my sentence, but decided not to say, vaguely, what could be said with more specificity by someone else.







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* That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... italieAdministrator 12/22/10 06:49 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... CrapBoardSoftware  12/22/10 01:43 PM
. * About always-on Mojo2000  12/24/10 02:38 PM
. * You should keep backups anyway URherenow  12/25/10 07:24 AM
. * Re: You should keep backups anyway redk9258  12/25/10 07:59 AM
. * Not according to my research :( URherenow  12/25/10 08:20 AM
. * Re: About always-on CrapBoardSoftware  12/24/10 04:30 PM
. * Re: About always-on italieAdministrator  12/24/10 05:54 PM
. * Re: About always-on DMala  12/25/10 08:09 AM
. * Re: About always-on snake78  12/25/10 05:59 AM
. * Re: About always-on CrapBoardSoftware  12/24/10 06:33 PM
. * Re: About always-on italieAdministrator  12/24/10 10:07 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... DMala  12/22/10 05:51 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... igamabob  12/22/10 06:58 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... DMala  12/22/10 05:54 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... Hizzout  12/22/10 09:07 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... DMala  12/23/10 02:49 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... Moose  12/22/10 02:00 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... TriggerFin  12/23/10 02:19 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... igamabob  12/23/10 06:28 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... TriggerFin  12/23/10 09:27 PM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... Tomu Breidah  12/23/10 07:46 AM
. * Re: That is a whole ton of fail crammed in there... CrapBoardSoftware  12/23/10 12:24 PM

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