Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:41:28 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC not powering up Message-ID: <20020124204128.C294@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3C4E1411.EE93F677@twcny.rr.com>; from tparquet@twcny.rr.com on Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:38:25PM -0500 References: <3C4E1411.EE93F677@twcny.rr.com>
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:38:25PM -0500, Tom Parquette wrote: > I have a PC I built with an Antec case and 350W power supply. The > motherboard is a Tyan Tiger MP with two Athlon MP 1800+ processors. > > For some reason, FreeBSD no longer recognizes the APM support. > > Additionally, the machine refuses to power up, when I press the power > button, if it has been off for a while. Example: powered down > overnight. The only way I have found to bring the machine back up is to > unplug the 120V power cord to the machine. > > Has anybody seen anything like this behavior? > Cheers... 350W seems a bit light for a dual processor machine... I have that size PSU in my single Athlon XP 1800+ box. AMD processors in general are quite fussy about the quality of the power you feed them; it wouldn't surprise me if your PSU just couldn't cope with the load. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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