Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Seasonal Computer Crash

Sherlock Ohms is a regular feature of Design News that presents submissions from readers about troubleshooting challenges and how they were solved. The Case of the Seasonal Computer Crash is a bit hard to believe, but back in the early days of PCs, the equipment was pretty vulnerable. Not much thought was give to power line conditioning.

Posted January 2013

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