On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 08:47:51PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 08:29:01PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > 
> > Just be careful putting a meter into a live system: you don't want to
> > screw up and do the wrong thing.
> 
> 
> A spare disk connector should be safe - 12v and 5v.

True.  I just felt I had to say be careful, because I have seen people
fry systems doing this, though I often cannot figure out exactly how.

Another save and also convienient test is to use one of those voltage
alarms that plugs into a sparc molex connector.  It will start howling
when the voltage drops, since sometimes this isn't an easy problem to
trigger on demand.



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