[geeks] VRM Failures

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Mon May 3 10:38:48 CDT 2004


> From: Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com>
> Date: 2004/05/03 Mon PM 02:46:04 GMT
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [geeks] VRM Failures
> 
> My DNS server at work died this morning.  VRM failure in an IBM
> xSeries 340.  Actual CPU failures seem to be fairly rare but
> these damn VRM modules don't seem to be nearly as hardy.  What
> exactly do VRM modules do?  I am assuming "Voltage Regulation
> Module" or something of that nature...
> 
> As for the DNS server, i had an extra identical sever lying
> around so i just popped in the RAID controller and drives and got
> DNS back up.

Why not just swap the VRM? ;^)



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