[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix hanging (was Re: EtherK not starting up reliably)

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.

-- 
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 

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