Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 14:24:37 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: jaco@teaser.fr (Eric Jacoboni) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lockups with -Stable on Athlon Message-ID: <200105072124.OAA00573@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <86vgncdgwj.fsf@titine.fr.eu.org> from Eric Jacoboni at "May 7, 1 10:48:44 pm"
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As I recall, Eric Jacoboni wrote: > "Jonathan" == Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> writes: > > Jonathan> Yes, that's what seems strange. My heatsink is quite large > Jonathan> and feels cool to touch. I'm wondering if my PSU is being > Jonathan> overstretched since it's 250W > > Mine is 300W. But i think the whole box will power out, not freeze, if > it was a power problem. Not necessarily. When a switching power supply gets over (or near) its limit, it starts generating ripple in the DC power lines. It doesn't shut down unless it has overload protection built in, and even then only if the overload is significant (like, 20%). -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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