Moving a PC to England

[Sixpac]

My friend is moving to England and has a new ATX p/s computer.

Anyways, can he bring his PC along and move the power supply to 220 volts and plug it in and make it work or not?

[DanU]

Yup, moving the switch to 240 is all that's needed. Oh... and he'll need computer power cables for English wall sockets.

[otheos]

Yes it'll be fine! As DanU said, only the cable (plug) will need to be changed ($7).

[krusty the klown]

The switching power supply will cope with the frequency difference, too.

*ahem* remember to switch back to 110 if your m8 goes back to the 'St8s..... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/redface.gif

[Sixpac]

Thanks all, that was easier then I thought.


Sixpac

[nodnerb2]

Just make your mate aware that any Printers/ Scanners etc that he intends to use in the UK will aslo need to be able to deal with a 230V 50 Hz Input

Nodnerb2

[flea]

He'll also need a new modem -> phone line cable, assuming canada has the squat little american ones.

Possibly a new modem altogether, for diferences in dialing possibly?

-Flea

[jpheg]

A US modem should work without any problem in the UK. When we took our comp with us to London last year all we needed was a new cable (US --> UK) to plug it into the wall.
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When you get a call though, the rings are different, two quick rings instead of one long one.

[This message has been edited by jpheg (edited 07-28-2001).]

[Sixpac]

Good thing he doesn't have a modem. He is going to University of Manchester (sp?) anyways, I think he wants to hook up to cable or DSL if they have it there so that should be no problem.

Sixpac>>>