Subject: Re: alphastation 600 powers down unexpectedly
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/29/2002 18:52:36
On 2002.11.29 17:23 Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> OK, the fan is dead :(
> So there is really a thermal sensor on this machine, and it does its
> job. Now to find where to buy a new one ...
I had that problem with my PWS 500au some time ago. It was no thermal
sensor, the machine measures the current of the fan in some way. If it
is to low / high / not the right ripple it powers down after a few
seconds. I relpaced the fan with a generic fan from my spare parts box.
Works perfectly.=20
--=20



tsch=FC=DF,
         Jochen

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