Gentlmen, methinks the via problem with a weak power supply was not as much wattage but voltage. the subtle, but visible voltage drop was causing the network interface hangs. they fixed the mobos and now you can use as small a power supply as will start the computer. julius
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Baeseman, Cliff wrote: > I have done some testing and the via epia runs at 22W once it is up for > about 30 seconds. > The 22W figure is a EPIA with a drive in it. On a compact flash device this > drops to around > 17W. It will draw very close to 40W with a drive in it during spin up. I > would assume it may > take even more than that during the start spike. > > > Cliff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Trider > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1/31/03 2:18 PM > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: EPIA problems > > Hello ltsp-discuss-request, > > Friday, January 31, 2003, 5:21:06 AM, you wrote: > > > ldrlsn> But if the powersupply is too small, shouldn't the problem occur > all the > ldrlsn> time? The two out of three times the boot completes, the > terminal runs > ldrlsn> fine. And the powersupply doesn't get very hot, so the 40W > supply seems > ldrlsn> "big" enough. Unless it needs more current at power-on? > > My theory: > > Power supplies can cause intermittent problems.. and yes, more power > current is needed at power-on as there is a spike in power as > everything loads. > > My main computer doesn't have a large enough power supply to > accommodate my two CD-ROMS drives, two hard drives, video card, sound > card, modem, NIC, tv tuner, and SCSI card.. it crashes randomly > during BIOS POST the first time.. if I hit the reset button it works; > the drives have spun up, everything is already running, so there is > consistent current. > > So yeah, I'd say stick a bigger supply in to test it.. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
