It is not likely a power supply will vary in the power it supplies. However, the ability of a power supply to supply maximum power for a very long time before failing is probably what determines the quality of a power supply. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Wilson" <wilson at visi.com> To: "TCLUG" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22867] Athlons and power supplies > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > BTW - there is no such thing as quality of power. If you are getting 250W, > > that is it - you have 250W. > > I should have put that in quotes. I guess what I was referring to was the > overall stability of the voltages, etc. Stuff that distinguishes a cheapo > power supply from a higher quality one. OTOH, I've never really had the > occasion to look at it before. Maybe all power supplies do that reasonably > well. I don't know. > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org