[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix hanging (was Re: EtherK not starting up reliably)
- From: charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:30:11 +0100
In article <4e5d906c50steve.pampling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steven Pampling <steve.pampling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28 Aug, charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <4e5d7395b3tim@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Snip]
> > > I can wire a plug, or for that matter an entire theatre, but I am no
> > > qualified electrician and these (potential) problems with an Iyonix
> > > PSU leave me puzzled. We have a machine whose processor supposedly
> > > gobbles up less power than a Plentyhum heater but whose PSU seems
> > > incapable of delivering its meagre requirements. Is it that there is
> > > too little load for tolerances to be met? Two hard drives here cause
> > > no problems, AFAICT.
> > > Or are the PSUs a bit on the shoddy side?
> > I suspect a dodgy component. Whether that make the PSU shoddy, I don't
> > know. It's more likely that the relevant component isn't up to the
> > specification it came with.
> Actually the issue is one of load levels. The power supplies are built to
> supply a specific voltage (plus or minus a certain amount) provided the
> load on each of the lines from the supply is within certain limits.
[Snip]
all perfectly reasonable, but for the PSU to suddenly change its output and
to have 2 distinct states (after 2 or 3 years perfect operation) seems like
a fault condition to me.
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