Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:17:41 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Dale Woolridge <dale-list-freebsd-smp-2@woolridge.org>, "" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Over heating of the ABit BP6 motherboard Message-ID: <20030130110940.X37618@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3E3894E0.1388D52E@mindspring.com> References: <20030130022752.1872F2A89E@canning.wemm.org> <200301300246.h0U2kTbJ084870@apollo.backplane.com> <3E3894E0.1388D52E@mindspring.com>
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Moved to -chat... On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > The problem was that it was a college, and in order to sync all the > institutional clocks, it had an hourly voltage spike that would > cause the polar electrolytics to blow, letting out all the "secret > smoke". Ah ha. I always wondered how they kept those stupid clocks in sync when they were just plugged into a normal mains outlet with no other visible wiring. I remember they would also let out an occasional "buzz" when they were being syncronized. The smart and competent engineer would have put the clocks on their own power circuits, though at the time those clocks and the syncronization system were first designed, I doubt there was much in the way of "sensitive" equipment that you could have plugged into the mains. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, ARM, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly inconvenienced. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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