On 5 Feb 2014, at 05:26, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
So, my VAXstation 4000/60 shut off and I had difficulty getting it to turn back on.
Seems like a not-to-abnormal situation, right? PSU's getting old or overheating
protection kicked in? That's not the weird part!
It may have overheated, I do know power switches can get flakey in VS4000s but the
symptoms tend to be it won't turn OFF not on't turn ON but I guess if the switch
is not contacting correctly it could be that too. the switch isn't, as far as I can
tell, directly controlling the current, it is in some kind of latch circuit that unlatches
when you flick it to 'OFF'. I think it's an early 'soft-power'
implementation.
Full explanation:
http://dectec.info/vaxstation-4000-power-switch-issues-and-cleaning/
Also talk to Mark Wickens, he's had a few issues with 4000/90 PSUs.
When I rebooted the system...it had decided it was suddenly /2015/ and all the licenses
expired. I've heard of systems resetting to the past when something happens...but
NEVER the future!
That is odd, but Mark W remarked on my blog about one PSU failing and spiking his 4000/90
so badly it fried several parts, it's possible it could have upskittled the TOY
clock?
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