Hrmmm, The origional ps in this case was 500. We replaced it with 550 which from what i gather should have been enough to handle the drives as well as everything else, that's what i was told anyway. What would generally be recommended for this much stuffed into a case like this? On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Duncan wrote:
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:11:00 -0700 > From: Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: mce log errors > > Deedra Waters posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted > below, on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:44:40 -0600: > > > Hrm, it doesn't look to be a heat issue. I opened the case and took a > > look inside when i saw the last message,and it looks perfectly cool and > > happy. > > > > I do notice however, that it's only happening when i hammer the raid > > array, which is on a pci promise controler. > > That would appear to be the voltage issue I mentioned in my last post, > that I was writing when you posted the above. Pretty good odds, I'd say. > > Also, since the RAID array would be powered directly off the power supply, > not from the board, that points squarely at it. Replace it with a good > one. Check ratings for the 12 volt rail hard drives usually use, in > particular. Some of the higher end supplies actually have two > electrically separate 12-volt rails, distributing the stress. However, > you probably don't actually /need/ that feature, as long as the rating for > the one is high enough to handle all those drives (plus additional > accessories, CD/DVD burner, perhaps, and USB bus powered devices and the > like). > > -- Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org -- [email protected] mailing list
