From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 24 12:41:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72A9D37B402 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:41:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.149.48]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020124204147.IUNS7206.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:41:47 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0OKfkn26501; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:41:46 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0OKfSh06827; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:41:28 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:41:28 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Tom Parquette Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC not powering up Message-ID: <20020124204128.C294@localhost> References: <3C4E1411.EE93F677@twcny.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C4E1411.EE93F677@twcny.rr.com>; from tparquet@twcny.rr.com on Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:38:25PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-RC i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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