Fully turn off Computer

[Guest]

How do I turn off all the power to the computer so that when I'm removing the
CD drive I don't zap myself?

Is it different for an IBM desktop (bought when Windows 98 was the current
operating system)?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

How do I turn off all the power to the computer so that when I'm
removing the CD drive I don't zap myself?

Unplug it?

Is it different for an IBM desktop (bought when Windows 98 was the
current operating system)?

No, it's not.

 

[dobey]

How do I turn off all the power to the computer so that when I'm removing
the
CD drive I don't zap myself?

Is it different for an IBM desktop (bought when Windows 98 was the current
operating system)?

Check the back of the case for a secondary switch on the PSU, near where you
connect the power lead.
If there isn't one there you can just turn it off at the wall.

Hit the on/off switch to make sure.

I like to keep the lead lead to the wall connected so it provides an earth.
Just make sure you touch the case or even the PSU housing to discharge any
static before you touch anything else inside the case.

 

[Plato]

How do I turn off all the power to the computer so that when I'm removing the
CD drive I don't zap myself?

You have to pull the plug, unless you have a switch on the back of the
power supply.

 

[WaIIy]

Check the back of the case for a secondary switch on the PSU, near where you
connect the power lead.
If there isn't one there you can just turn it off at the wall.

Hit the on/off switch to make sure.

I like to keep the lead lead to the wall connected so it provides an earth.
Just make sure you touch the case or even the PSU housing to discharge any
static before you touch anything else inside the case.

Your last paragraph is very unsound advice for a novice and actually
for anyone.

I realize you are not directly advising this, but the inference is
there.

 

[Bob I]

Try this link, first couple hits are good.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+install+a+CD

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How do I turn off all the power to the computer so that when I'm removing the
CD drive I don't zap myself?

Unplug it. (However, for future reference, note that the same is not
true of monitors. Unplugging a monitor still leaves it with lethal
voltage within it).

Is it different for an IBM desktop (bought when Windows 98 was the current
operating system)?

No.

 

[Unknown]

LCDs too?????

Unplug it. (However, for future reference, note that the same is not
true of monitors. Unplugging a monitor still leaves it with lethal
voltage within it).




No.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

LCDs too?????

You mean the lethal voltage? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I
should have made it clear that I was talking about CRTs.

 

[Lil' Dave]

That's the general time period when PCs were transitioning from AT to ATX
power supplies.

If AT, turn it off with the switch on front of the PC. This is a true
on/off switch, not a momentary switch. You don't have to wait 5 seconds for
the PC to actually turn off. Then, pull the plug at the wall outlet that
feeds the PC.

If ATX, pull the plug at the wall outlet that feeds the PC. Do this after
you've shutdown the PC via XP shutdown.

--
Dave
Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement
of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago.
More profound is we made it to the top of the food
chain per our reasoning abilities.
Most profound is the denial of why we may
be on the way out.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Why would a user be inside a monitor? Be it a CRT or LCD..

--
Dave
Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement
of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago.
More profound is we made it to the top of the food
chain per our reasoning abilities.
Most profound is the denial of why we may
be on the way out.

LCDs too?????

You mean the lethal voltage? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. I
should have made it clear that I was talking about CRTs.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Why would a user be inside a monitor? Be it a CRT or LCD..

Beats me. There are no user-serviceable parts in monitors.

Nevertheless, people are often curious and do things that you or I
might consider inexplicable.

 

[Unknown]

To repair if possible. User doesn't necessarily include electronic
technicians.

Why would a user be inside a monitor? Be it a CRT or LCD..

--
Dave
Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement
of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago.
More profound is we made it to the top of the food
chain per our reasoning abilities.
Most profound is the denial of why we may
be on the way out.