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From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Martin Blapp wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> > One thing you didn't mention was trying a different power supply.  A
> > marginal power supply can cause strange errors.  Increasing your memory
> > size from 512 MB to 1 GB might add just enough load to the supply to
> > push it over the edge ...
>
> Yes. I've replaced the power supply. But only once. And it did not make
> the problem go away.
>
> And I've even done more. I've disabled all unneeded devices, at the
> moment only one cdrom and three disks are connected.

	Replacing the power supply would only help if the Total Controlled
Output had enough current, this is the +3.3V and +5V added together.


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