[rescue] SunHELP News: New server coming soon

[Carl R. Friend]

   On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Robert Rose wrote:

> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:20:47 +1100
> From: Robert Rose <rescue at mylighthouse.net>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] SunHELP News:  New server coming soon
> 
> Ooh, remember that the power switch on the rear of E3Ks are notorious 
> for arcing and blowing power supplies.  I've personally witnessed 4 
> instances, one of which was not under Sun maintenance (mmm, T&M).

   Anecdotally, the failure mode for that seems to be the blowing
of a small fuse inside the PSU.  Which, if I'm not mistaken, is
pretty easy to fix.

   A pal of mine recently "did in" his E3k PSU in that manner, acquired
a new one to fix the machine, then set off to diagnose the problem with
the failled one and found the fuse.  I do not know if replacing the
fuse fixed the dead supply.

   Cheers.

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