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This message was posted by Robbie, posted on August 09, 2001 at 14:53:52 coming from 212.126.134
This message is a reply to Re: Your PC is not properly grounded posted from Robbie posted at August 08, 2001 at 17:35:34
This is what they said:

Mr Webb

It's not at all unusual for a printer cable to arc when attempting to connect while the devices are switched on. For this reason you must not connect or disconnect the
parallel port with the system powered up.

As for the interference you'll have to be a bit more specific.

*end*

I thought they'd say somehing like that. What do you think? What if I cut off the outer casing of the plug of the parrallel lead? Would that stop the problem? or are some of the pins connected to the same line? and if I did that would it cause problems with the printer/scanner?

Many thaks for your advice

Rob

> OK, Well I've emailed the technical support of my new PC's makers - www.dan.co.uk if youre interested - and see what response I get from them. I suspect they'll say its nothing to do with them but we'll see. thanks alot.

> > The outer casing of the parallel cable is supposed to be grounded. If there is voltage there, then your PC power supply is not properly grounded. Open the case and make sure that ground wire is connected! This is something that cheapo computer builders sometimes leave off, and as you've noticed it can be hazardous.

> > If there's enough voltage to make sparks, then you could seriously damage your SWC. The SWC is not grounded and neither is the SNES unless you connect the audio/video output to a grounded device. Which means that you also risk damaging the A/V output when connecting it to your TV if you've got that parallel cable connected.

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Message	> This is what they said: > Mr Webb > It's not at all unusual for a printer cable to arc when attempting to connect while the devices are switched on. For this reason you must not connect or disconnect the > parallel port with the system powered up. > As for the interference you'll have to be a bit more specific. > end > I thought they'd say somehing like that. What do you think? What if I cut off the outer casing of the plug of the parrallel lead? Would that stop the problem? or are some of the pins connected to the same line? and if I did that would it cause problems with the printer/scanner? > Many thaks for your advice > Rob > > OK, Well I've emailed the technical support of my new PC's makers - www.dan.co.uk if youre interested - and see what response I get from them. I suspect they'll say its nothing to do with them but we'll see. thanks alot. > > > The outer casing of the parallel cable is supposed to be grounded. If there is voltage there, then your PC power supply is not properly grounded. Open the case and make sure that ground wire is connected! This is something that cheapo computer builders sometimes leave off, and as you've noticed it can be hazardous. > > > If there's enough voltage to make sparks, then you could seriously damage your SWC. The SWC is not grounded and neither is the SNES unless you connect the audio/video output to a grounded device. Which means that you also risk damaging the A/V output when connecting it to your TV if you've got that parallel cable connected.
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