Re: OT : Sun Hardware problem

[lwhite@apci.net]

Quoting Tighe <emry@accessus.net>:

Sitting here in Germany I got to thinking that your problem couldn't be 
something as simple as a power selection switch could it?  I don't know what 
a "E-250" is but maybe it's setup for European power.  Just a WAG.

> Hello all,
> 	This is a little off topic but, knowing that there are other
> admins out there I thought that I would spew something about this and
> see
> if anyone has an idea about this.  My company got an E-250 recently and
> within the 72 hour burn-in that we run after installation it choked with
> a
> processor and mainboard error.  We got those components reinstalled and
> then started the machine up again, this time I left the console up and
> running so that I could watch to see at what time the machine died at
> to
> get an accurate time estimate.  Well, the machine dies again but this
> time
> due to a critical over heat (72 C/162 F) on the PDB and SCSI
> components.  Call VAR complain and get a new machine, new machine
> promptly
> dies faster than the new one.  Thinking that this is a power problem I
> remove that 250 and place a known working one in its place and the
> older
> machine works fine.  I put the new 250 where the old one was placed and
> it
> dies again, this removes the thinking that this is a power issue. 
> These
> machines are placed within a WELL airconditioned machine room with
> plenty
> of ventilation around them.  The VAR's engineers have narrowed it down
> to
> quote "a hardware issue".  Thank God for the 5 day waiting period
> . . . anyways, has anyone heard anything about E-250 overheating
> issues?  I have quite literally tried everything from replacing all of
> the
> parts to updating the OpenBoot to see if there was a false positive due
> to
> older settings or something.
> 
> Tighe
> 
> -- 
> Tighe Schlottog		Sys Admin at large
	  /emry\"@"/accessus.net\
>                              ook ook
> "Mr. Wizard, I think I'd rather be a coot than a hacker. Yeah, sure,
> every
> now and then a giant pink-haired ape would come running after me and 
> chase me into the lake, but really, could it be that much worse? I'd
> have
> a tiny little brain and wouldn't be expected to worry about anything." 
> 						-jwz from www.jwz.org
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