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Article #3355Re: AT clone spontaneously reboots
From: Corradino
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 1990 18:30
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 1990 18:30
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waldman2@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Bruce Waldman) writes: > The machine spontaneously reboots while running a program, or even At the risk of sounding like I know what I'm talking about, you should try swapping the power supply with a new one. When I tell them about the symptoms, the hardware gurus around here smile knowingly, mention the word "crowbar," and hand me a power supply catalog. I think it means that the output is momentarily dipping below 5 Vdc sufficiently to cause a reboot. It's difficult to detect with a simple multimeter. Frank Corradino email: uunet!adiron!frank PAR Technology Corp. phone: (315) 738-0600 Ext 338 New Hartford, NY 13413 disclaimer: you bet!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!adiron!frank From: frank@adiron.UUCP (Corradino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: AT clone spontaneously reboots Summary: Check power supply Message-ID: <460@adiron.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 90 18:30:16 GMT References: <4209@husc6.harvard.edu> Organization: PAR Technology, New Hartford, NY Lines: 13