Subject: Re: alphastation 600 powers down unexpectedly
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/29/2002 17:00:58
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:44:37PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> I've rescued from trash (among others) an alphastation 600 5/266.
> When I powered it it started fine, and I've been able to install NetBSD
> from CD. But after reboot from disk, the machine powered down without
> apparent reasons. switching off/on, it starts for a few seconds and powers
> down again.
> Is there some temperature protection on these machines ?
> If so, where should I look at first ? has anyone else seen this ?
> 
> The fans seems to work, at last they do the noise one could expect. But as
> it won't power up with the box open, I can't check all the fans which are
> in the box.

After some investigation (I finally found the switch which prevents power
up when the case is open) I found that the PS fan doesn't work.
Now to find how to extract it from the case ...

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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