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Shep© wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:52:18 +0800 As Androids Dreamed Of Electric
> Sheep and then spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote :
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>>Shep© wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:56:54 +0800 As Andoids Dreamed Of Electric
>>>Sheep and then spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote :
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>>>>muikane16@gmail.com wrote:
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>>>>>i just bought a UK mobo. But since I"m now in the States...will a American
>>>>>Power supply from an American outlet supply a UK mobo adequately or will
>>>>>things go kabooey.
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>>>>You may require a different PSU if you don't have one with a switch on
>>>>the back to change the voltage. The output from the PSU to the
>>>>motherboard is the same regardless of where the computer is, assuming
>>>>the PSU is appropriate for the input voltage from the wall socket.
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>>>Nice call.Get a PS with the Voltage changer
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>>I should have been more specific: a switch on the back for the input
>>voltage. I had a computer (486 days) with one of these, and I imported
>>it to Australia from the US when I moved here. I switched it to the 230V
>>side and plugged it in and had the monitor connected to the PSU thinking
>>that the extra plug for the monitor on the back of the PSU would switch
>>that input voltage as well. WRONG! Bangs and smoke and dead monitor. The
>>extra power jack on the back of PSUs is just a pass through one from the
>>wall, the input voltage switch has no effect on this. Keep this in mind
>>when deciding to go to the extra expense of shipping a monitor overseas.
>>Monitors rarely have these voltage switches, so you'll need to buy one
>>where you'll be staying.
>>
>>Ari
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> My UK power supply has a 220/240v changer.USA use the 220 AFAIK
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115V or 120V, not 220V in USA. Better to under volt than overvolt, as
the latter results in the escape of magic smoke.
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