On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:21:34 +0530, "pimpom"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Does anyone have specific information about the protection device
at the power supply inputs of hard disks?

I assume that it's a zener diode or something similar in action
such as an IC that acts like a precision zener diode.

Is it a transient voltage suppression diode?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transie...pression_diode

- Franc Zabkar
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