Re: OT : Sun Hardware problem

[Tighe <emry@accessus.net>]

Nope, checked all voltages and such on the internal with other meters,
plus if it was running at Euro standards it probably would have not just
eat itself it probably would have just plain exploded. :)  I think that I
am going to need to get out my heavy "repair tools" and sledge hammer my
way to a solution.

Tighe

>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:48:21 -0500 (CDT)
>From: lwhite@apci.net
>Reply-To: silug-discuss@silug.org
>To: silug-discuss@silug.org
>Subject: Re: OT : Sun Hardware problem
>
>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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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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