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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
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> Um, what? You didn't know this before but the four hard drive
> failures have
> been across three computers and motherboards. And it's not AC
> line voltage,
> for other reasons.
You're *sure*? Very, very momentary voltage dips can be hell on electronics
after a while. AppleTV, the broadcast facility Apple used to have, was
seeing repeated equipment failures, despite the usual line conditioners and
such. Suspecting a power problem, they paid a tidy sum for a
high-performance line monitor, which showed very regular voltage drops.
Turned out that they came whenever the Kaiser Permanente facility a couple
of miles away started their big motors. PG&E, faced with the evidence, had
to pay for a some new equipment and install a new power line from another
grid. But none of this was anything you could really see. I don't know
where you are, but PG&E is noted for having unstable power and high rates.
It's in the 90th percentile in both, last I heard.
> I've never seen a power supply screwed into a case, only rivited. Which
> sucks.
Really? I've never had one that was riveted. I replaced mine with
ultra-quite ones (ball bearing fans and noise damping design) because I was
so tired of the humming. They were trivial to swap in. Now I can hear my
hard drives clearly... ;-)
Nick
