Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:33:25 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: "Erik U." <erik.u@dnainternet.net> Subject: Re: Mysterious 60min reboot on net4501 Message-ID: <20040317073324.GI4991@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <200403170809.09729.h@schmalzbauer.de> References: <200403162024.31782.h@schmalzbauer.de> <200403170653.34932.h@schmalzbauer.de> <20040317060951.GF4991@cicely12.cicely.de> <200403170809.09729.h@schmalzbauer.de>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:09:04AM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 17. März 2004 07:09 schrieb Bernd Walter: > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:53:30AM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 17. März 2004 00:35 schrieb Bernd Walter: > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 08:35:58PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > > > > > Am Dienstag, 16. März 2004 20:29 schrieb Erik U.: > > > > > > Maybe something in the crontab that runs hourly and crashes your > > > > > > system. > > > > > > > > > > Cron doesn't run at all. > > > > > > > > > > If it only was that simple..... > > > > > > > > Maybe a too small power supply - current utilizes the CPU a bit more > > > > and therefor requires more power. > > > > At least -current never gave me such problems with soekris boards. > > > > > > You are right, ther also was a problem with the power supply but I had > > > replaced the old one by a 6V/2A model. I'm astonished about the 60 min > > > interval. What bug could caus this? Today I'll revert all the "newies" > > > like crypto hw/support aso. > > > > Why do you think it's a bug? > > Maybe some intervall loads the CPU more than the remaining time. > > The elan520 has a very load dependend power consumption. > > Like I wrote it now can consume up to 2A which is much more than needed > (mesured 810-850mA WITH HIFN, the old model only supplied 800mA) Oh - OK. Well 6V is very low and unregulated suplies only rate the voltage under a certain load. Maybe the volatage from you supply drops below 6V. I personaly use Egston 12V/1A switch mode supplies with great success. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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