John Cartmell wrote:
... Friends designing new computers had a more interesting problem: their
machines used so little power that the standard PC cases inc PSUs that they
were using would switch off - they detected so little current draw that the
case electronics assumed the machine had been switched off!

Bright idea that no-one's ever thought of before (not): how about a
hefty resistor concealed in a spare drive bay to fool the PSU into
supplying enough current.

Owain