Re: 2.6.8-rc2 crash(s)?

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 20:12, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:37:51AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Update, it looks as if this new mobo is a bit much for the 350
>> watt supply in this case, the +5 volt line is wandering around a
>> couple of hundred millivolts, centered on about 4.86 volts.  IMO
>> thats not enough, particularly since its wandering around under
>> load. Would everyone agree?
>
>This is a somewhat intense audit of potential hardware-related
> issues. What behavior have you observed that has led you to believe
> there may be hardware problems affecting your situation?
>
This message is now a bit old, William. 

I was watching the psu voltages via gkrellm, and was seeing the 5 volt 
line go from 4.89, down to 4.73 in consecutive readings.  The new 420 
watt Antec, seems to be steadier at 4.87 +- 0.03 or so.

I suspect the tap point for the xx83627 chips input may not be right 
at the psu connector on the mobo cause I suspect the supply itself is 
probably doing 5.05 or so, although I haven't dropped my DVM on the 
line to test, its rather buried behind the drive cage.  But lemme go 
hit a drive power connector since there are spares on this psu, brb.  

Yeah, at a drive cables middle connector, with a small load on the 
end, its sitting at 5.00 volts, solid as a rock.  This supply has 
seperate regulators for the 5 volt, and 3.3 volt lines where the 
older one regulated everything against the 5 volt by turns ratios on 
the transformer, and was only a 300 watter, with 2 hd's, 2 floppy's 
and a dvd writer in addition to the motherboard load.

Anything else a C.E.T. can get for you?

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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