[Info-vax] ChatGPT solved it for me, again...

[Steven Schweda]

> Looks like we are still stuck with paper docs/PDFs, googling... [...]

   _You_ might be.  _I_ am stuck with the label on an old power supply
from an XP1000, in which I have some confidence.


> On the other hand, the AlphaStation XP1000 was released in the early
> 2000s [...]

   The date code on my old XP1000 power supply is "9911".  I'd bet that
the system design preceded that.


> That is complete nonsense. "Too much power"? Sounds like directly from a
> bad science fiction movie.

   Not really.  Some (mostly older) voltage regulators had a minimum
load requirement.  Connect them to a smaller load, and the output
voltage could exceed the rated value, with potential damage as the
result.