FW: FW: [Malvern] PC PSUs

[Ian Pascoe]

Interesting theory - what would take the place of the BIOS then?  The actual
OS

I thought that the original idea of a BIOS was to have some commonality
between all PCs - it being equal amoung all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Zeth Green [mailto:theology at gmail.com]
Sent: 08 February 2007 09:43
To: ianpascoe at btinternet.com
Subject: Re: FW: [Malvern] PC PSUs


On 08/02/07, Ian Pascoe <ianpascoe at btinternet.com> wrote:
> When a PC starts up does everything get powered up at the same time, or is
> it done sequentially ?  If the latter what governs the start up regieme?

As far as I know, I think the BIOS, in doing its stuff, probes and
tries out everything for a few seconds or less, causing an initial
spike in power. (Even more reason to not have a BIOS).