3 Jul
2005
3 Jul
'05
19:40
Even with the PC turned off, there's till the CMOS battery, keeping BIOS settings in memory. suse-list@bout-tyme.net wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 17:53 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 02/07/05, Tim Grant <tgrant@famview.com> wrote: I think EMP is only an issue for machines that are actually running at the time of release of the pulse. A PC switched off would not be affected.
I could of course be wrong about that and please correct me if I am. It would seem to make sense that only a 'live' machine would be affected though.
Keep in mind that most modern PC's still have electric running through them as the on/off switch is electronic not mechanical. Based on that, unless you have the plug pulled it would still be susceptible.