Quote: Originally Posted by Shad0wca7  Although won't there be the risk of a massive transient going through the transistor which will be activating the laptop PSU relay?
Snubber diode? I just assumed you omitted them because they are always taken for granted with inductive loads (even your small relays will have some inductive kick on release).
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6yr old first install died 20/8/2005 as result of bad bios flash.
New system : 6x5x2" contains 1GHz C3 PCM9373, ISR based PSU, 512Mb flash DOM, 8Gb CF HDD, 98Lite, DirectShow based frontend.
GPS : Rikaline 6010.
Display : LTM08C351 + LVDS receiver.
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