Mike,

Techs have disputed the issue of unplugging the power cord for years.
However, the Pentium 4 motherboards keep a 5 volt charge on the motherboard
even when the system power is off.  For that reason, you should unplug the
power cord before working on P4 systems.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Lanspa" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:48 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Fw: Adding memory...


My wife and I (both rank computer tech amateurs) are going to finally break
down and add 128mb of memory we bought several months ago.  We've been
putting it off strictly out of apprehension, but now we are hurting memory
wise and need it bad.  The question I have is this: is it advisable to
unplug everything from the CPU after shutting down, before we open it up to
install the memory card?
Also, any tips, advice, warnings, or phrases beginning "Be sure you
don't..." would be greatly appreciated...

Michael Lanspa

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