Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A500 power supply (how good is it?) Message-ID: <9384.AA9384@heimat> Date: 16 Aug 89 02:31:27 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Sneakers Computing Lines: 57 In Message <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM>, UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes: >In article <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP>, protcoop@leibniz.uucp says: >> >>Hi. I recently upgraded from an A1000 to an A500 (yes, I do consider it >>to be an upgrade :-). I was wondering how long I could safely leave my >>500 powered up? I remember that at one time I left my 1000 on for 4 > >You shouldn't leave your power supply on for a single minute longer than you >absolutely must. The A500 power supplies only have so much power installed >in them when they leave the factory, and when you've used that up, you're >finished. How true! You know I left mine on for a week solid one time and my 500 wouldnt work after that. The local service rep said odds were I left the BLUE smoke out of the chips. So I stopped by and he had a can of BLUE smoke for refilling chips. I really wanted to see how he recharged them but he said it was a CBM secret and id have to wait outside. A few minutes later he left me back in and darn if it didnt work again! He only charged me $50 for the recharge and since then ive never left it on for over 5 hours at a time. Heck if im going to the bathroom I even turn it off. >It is far better to turn your machine on and off 20 to 30 times per day. >Besides saving your power, this keeps the power switch from corroding. WOW! I had never thought of the power switch giving me problems, guess thats because I take mine in for a monthly tune up. The service rep cleans it and checks the chips BLUE smoke level for only $15! Heck for that price its worth every penny of it (considering the $50 it cost me for the recharge before I started the monthly check ups). Im not sure if the local service center in your area will do this for you or not. But if they do run (don't walk) out that door because all the above is a joke :-) :-) :-) :-) I can only assume Lee's message was also a joke but he forgot the smiley faces! -=- On the serious side: When I worked at CBM my equipment was *NEVER* turned off. It was on 24 hrs a day when I was there and when I wasnt (vacation, trip, ect). Never did I have a single item go bad while running. The machine that runs BERKS AMIGA runs 24 hours a day for over a year now. Not one bit of trouble, its even online during storms and the like. Im of the school that teaches "99% of the light bulbs burn out when you turn em on - not while their on" and think the same way of my computers. (All 3 ;-) Sneakers ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers