[iyonix-support] Re: PSU possibly on the way out?

On Thu 29 May, James Peacock wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> For the last few months I've had intermittent freezes from my RISC OS 
> 5.13 Iyonix. This seems to occur mostly when performing disc intensive 
> operations such as backing up from one hard disc to another or 
> creating an ISO image.
> 
> When a freeze happens, everything is unresponsive. The HD light is 
> constantly on. Pressing the reset button does not restart the machine, 
> there is no beep. I haven't had any network problems.

If it is an earlier Iyonix has it had all the hardware updates e.g. PAL, PCI
terminators etc
 
> Has anyone had similar symptoms? My suspicion falls upon the PSU, so 
> I'm thinking of replacing it. Can anyone recommend a make or model, or 
> ones to avoid?

Changing the PSU isn't a panacea for all ills, if all the problems happen
when accessing a hard drive maybe it's one of those or its controller!

A suitable PSU is at:
http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/individual/prodpages/HEC-350AR-PTF-IY.shtml


Chris Evans

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