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Our IT support guy has been in the job since 1979, and never misses an opportunity to pick up a mouse and say "Hello computer" into it, Star Trek-style. Tell us your tales from the IT support cupboard, either from within or without.

(, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

This is the way you teach children to stay indoors with the curtains drawn and the lights off becasue the real world is scary and dangerous.

Yes, the inside of a power supply can hurt you, even kill you if you do something _stupid_ like poke it with a fork or lick it to see what the electrons taste like.

If you've got the requisite knowledge to perform an effective repair:-
1) half an ounce of sense
2) some idea of what a power capacitor looks like
3) A piece of resistance wire, a dead toaster, a lightbulb, etc...
4) respect for voltages that will bite you

you'll be fine. You'll save yourself a lot of mony and avoid throwing useable toys into the landfill becasue some scaremonger says "oooh dangerous. Not for baby!!!"

Grr Snarl etc.
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 15:08, Reply)

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