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Old May 13, 2017, 2:30 am
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by ajGoes
This is incorrect. It will either run normally because the power supply ("PSU") automatically detects and adjusts for the input voltage or it won't run.
Middle ground: It will run but shut down if you look at it wrong.

It happened to me once, the selector got bumped to 220V somehow. It ran but the power supply couldn't turn out as much power as it was supposed to, it was very easy to overload it and cause a shutdown.
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