Jim,
Going to suppose that TrueImage is a sw system and that it has to be loaded
after-the-fact (post boot, post logon). As such, it presumes that the base
machine's power is AOK as well as all the machines I/O. As with base OS
systems, I suspect that TrueImage will have internal problems if one or
more of the hard drives are mis-reporting due to weak/marginal power.
On top of this is your Opteron. I have to believe that this cpu is in the
"power saving" category, but could be wrong. I have never had/used such
exotics. Believe Winterlight could chime in here with stories about his
dual-Xeon experience too.
Your psu may be on the edge of its' ability to supply all the power your
chosen HW is demanding ATM. And, when something/anything makes a demand on
the psu for whatever reason, the psu sags and everyone else goes a bit
goofy. A bit goofy may be correctable, bigger goofy nets odd events and
blue screens.
It does read as if your current psu has run out of capacity for whatever
the reason. Which PSU is in use ATM?
Just with your hard drives and CD drives I count ~25A of static (no load
current). And, this does not include your cpu, m/b, and I/O card
set. With what you shared to Brian a couple back, I'd hope you were using
a 600W psu (maybe), 800W psu (better), or 1KW psu (best) just so that you
have the necessary power headroom (spare capacity) to handle untoward
demands. Again, JMHO.
Until my Enermax fiasco 2 years ago, I have yet to have a psu related
failure. My glitches fall into the "pilot-error", PEBCAK, and "way over my
head" category!!! LOL!!
Best,
Duncan
At 15:13 03/09/2008 -0700, you wrote:
I had that thought, but how would a power supply problem affect True Image
and its ability to "see" the SATA RAID0 and other hard drives?
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DHSinclair
> Jim, Thanks for that bit of info. Went back and read both
> recent posts
> again. I truly believe you have a power problem; too many
> things the need
> oomph and not enough oomph to give. I'd do some power
> recalculation, but I
> vote that your psu is giving up the fight. It reads like a
> classic "sag"
> situation. JMHO.
> Best,
> Duncan
>
