Thread: Anyone help me with component ID for X5DIJ-SX039C laptop (k501j mobo)?
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Default Active device nonsense
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"passive component Electronics. A component that does not require power
to operate, e.g., a resistor. Contrast with active. "

Umm, if a resistor is operating witthout power, just what is it doing ?

Nothing? I picked up on that one too, if it's not disipating some
power than there's no current flow through it.

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