Hi all,
I have installed a switch on the extension cord feeding my Tempest machine because I do not want the machine running 24/7. The problem is that upon powering on, I must wait for some sort of self-check with the screen elongated and on a diagonal from the screen center to the upper-right corner of the monitor. And the wait until a readable/playable normal screen has increased dramatically in recent times so that now, it is on the order of 3hrs before I can play.
My questions are...
1. Am I doing short- or long-term damage by repetitively turning the unit off at its AC source?
2. Is there a "soft" power off switch somewhere that keeps power to central circuitry but "sleeps" the machine?
3. If the answer is "no" to #2, what is/are the option(s)?
Thanks all,
Tyler
I have installed a switch on the extension cord feeding my Tempest machine because I do not want the machine running 24/7. The problem is that upon powering on, I must wait for some sort of self-check with the screen elongated and on a diagonal from the screen center to the upper-right corner of the monitor. And the wait until a readable/playable normal screen has increased dramatically in recent times so that now, it is on the order of 3hrs before I can play.
My questions are...
1. Am I doing short- or long-term damage by repetitively turning the unit off at its AC source?
2. Is there a "soft" power off switch somewhere that keeps power to central circuitry but "sleeps" the machine?
3. If the answer is "no" to #2, what is/are the option(s)?
Thanks all,
Tyler

