On Thursday 13 December 2012 20:08:38 Peter Blodow did opine: > Gene, I had a thing like this a couple weeks ago with one of my office > computers. To make a long story short, the power supply capacitor was > preparing to blow its top which, apparently, caused ripple on the 5 V > supply line which was litterally "counted" by some chip on the mobo. The > breakdowns were able to be predicted on the second, I checked them with > an excel sheet made from the breakdown times the error messages gave me. > Replace the final capacitor by a heavy duty, high temperature, high > current cap (or two in parallel) in the PS and you'll be out of trouble. > > Peter > I figure it will probably get to that, likely in the heat of next summer. :(
The old "if it quacks like a duck" etc, will be true for many decades after I've sign out. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! You mean you didn't *know* she was off making lots of little phone companies? I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
