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On Fri, 20 May 2011 12:16:00 +1000, Sylvia Else
wrote:

A power supply has safety issues with it. Do something wrong, and it
could burn down your house. How are you going to test it anyway? It
probably won't run without a load? Attach it to your motherboard? Could
be bye-bye MB.


You mean like this?
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/crud/atx-blown.jpg
It was fairly impressive when it went off in my face. Fortunately, I
was wearing glasses.

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