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Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

Title:AlphaServer 4100
Moderator:MOVMON::DAVISS
Created:Tue Apr 16 1996
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:648
Total number of notes:3158

293.0. "Doesn't power on!" by TEXAS::THOMPSON (Texan 'til I die) Mon Oct 14 1996 10:56

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293.1POBOXB::BAKMon Oct 14 1996 12:336
293.2check..RDGENG::WILLIAMS_AMon Oct 14 1996 14:164
293.3remove power from supplies before P/upHOLST::ERICSat Nov 16 1996 10:457
293.4NO POWER SPOOKS::PLEEThu Feb 20 1997 19:0622
    I'M PETER (FIELD SERVICE) I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM TOO....I GET A
    CALL FROM THE CUSTOMER AND WHEN I GET THERE THE SYSTEM ALREADY BACKUP
    OR I CHECK THE POWER CABLES (POWER STRIP TO POWER SUPPLY)AND THE SYSTEM 
    POWERING UP FINE....
    ON THE SAME SYSTEM I TRIED TO ADD A 2ND AND 3RD POWER SUPPLY I THOUGH 
    THEY WERE BOTH D.O.A..(SEND BACK TO SENDER)  LAST WEEK THE ONLY SUPPLY 
    WENT DEAD ( I THINK)
    AND I REPLACED IT. TODAY I CAME BACK TO UPGRADE THE KZPSC TO KZPAC AND
    WHEN I POWER THE SYSTEM DOWN FOR A RESET THE SYSTEM DIDN'T POWER BACK
    UP. I TRIP THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE SYSTEM CAME BACK. AFTER THE INIT
    I DID A SHOW POWER AND SAW SYSTEM FAN 2 WAS BAD. SO I'M CONFUSED
    DOES THE USWITCH DO A TOTAL POWER OFF OR DOES A BAD FAN CAUSE A TOTAL 
    POWER OFF OR EITHER ONE. I JUST READ 293 ARE THERE ONLY TWO SWITCH
    ONE FOR THE FRONT COVER AND ONE FOR THE BACK COVER?  WHAT IS THE BEST
    WAY TO CHECK THE USWITCH...OHM OUT THE SWITCH 
    
    MAYBE I SHOULD SHORT OUT THE SWITCHES ??
    
    
    THANKS AHEAD OF TIME
    
    PETER DTN 521-7119  OUTSIDE 408-953-7119
293.5DIDN'T CHECK PCMSPOOKS::PLEEThu Feb 20 1997 19:144
    I JUST READ 334
    I HAVE 1 CPU AND I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE PCM MODULE, I JUST THOUGH THAT
    IF THERE IS NO POWER THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY OTHER INDICATION......
    PETER
293.6EEMELI::MOSEROrienteers do it in the bush...Fri Feb 21 1997 03:003
    do you also have lowercase keys on your keyboard?
    
    /cmos
293.7No, where do you find a keyboard like that?CERN::HOBBSCongrats to the Ignoble Peace Prize winner! (http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/ig_nobel)Fri Feb 21 1997 04:209
My keyboard is labeled:

		Q W E R T Z U I O P
		A S D F G H J K L
		Y X C V B N M

Not a lowercase key on the whole board!

-cw
293.8YES! a fan will turn-off the power supplyCONSLT::ARDUINOFri Feb 21 1997 08:5711
    ANY AND ALL FAN FAILURES send a fault signal to the PCM; that generates
    a fan fault that disables the power supplies. This is a feature of the
    system box to protect ALL the high priced components. You MUST remove
    AC power to the system box in order to re-set the fault. Just
    re-setting the DC_enable line from the console will not do it.
    
    
    Best Regards,
    
    //John