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What are these on power supply cables?

They are ferrite beads, and are used to suppress noise from electronic circuits - in this case, they prevent the cable from acting as an antenna (both as an unintentional transmitter of high-frequency …
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Why some computer peripherals should not be disconnected without turning off things?

I can see 2 major reasons: 1. Software issues With the CPU, RAM, PCI cards etc... they are enumerated and configured by the system upon boot-up (by the BIOS or equivalent firmware) and by the operat …
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