[iyonix-support] Re: Booting doesn't complete

In article <35CC0812-6DAD-4098-BF48-D51A2C78A022@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael
Talibard <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 18 Dec 2007, at 22:29, Harriet Bazley wrote:

> > On 16 Dec 2007 as I do recall, Andrew Pinder wrote:
> >
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> I have a suspicion that it can be temperature related -- when I
> >> moved my Iyonix from bare floorboards to a less draughty spot things
> >> improved dramatically.  Replacing the power supply didn't eliminate
> >> the randomness.
> >>
> >> So you choices seem to be 1) turn the heating up 2) hibernate until
> >> Spring 3) emigrate to somewhere warmer :-)
> >>
> > But then I have the opposite suspicion - during the summer months the
> > start-up rate was appalling, but for the last couple of months it has
> > been starting up (almost - bar one or two exceptions) without fail
> > every time.   I've switched off the radiator.   :-)

> Is that the opposite? In one sense - but you seem to agree that it may
> be temperature-related.

> I'm going to try aiming a blow-heater at mine. 

The Pyjamas start-up screen (on 5.12 here) still puts in the occasional
appearance on days when I have allowed the office to get cold. It is not
unusual for electronics to be sensitive to heat; why else do
manufacturers produce information on operating ranges?

-- 
Tim Hill,

www.timil.com

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