Subject: Re: sourece for DS10 PS replacement?
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From: bob smith <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/10/2003 21:05:39
Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:27:52AM -0500, Graham Allan wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:07:24AM +0200, Mark Ter Morshuizen wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Bob,
>>>
>>>On Thursday 10 April 2003 02:19 am, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>The IBM drives are larger storage, same physical, but higher current
>>>>draw.  This is why I suspect power supply.
>>>
>>>In my experiance DEC over-engineered it's power supplies tremendously.
>>>First they spec'ed the machines to use overrated power supplies, then they 
>>>over built the oversize power supplies. I would consider it unlikely that 
>>>your PS is the problem.
>>
>>They certainly didn't overengineer the PSU in the DS10! We have 6 or so
>>DS10's, of which 3 have had their PSUs replaced already,. and (as it
>>happens) I'm waiting for HP service to come and replace another today.
> 
> 
> The DS10 PSU is an OEM-ed PSU ;)
> 

Thanks Guys, I appreciate all the comments.
I will find a replacmentt and let you know what I use,
vr
bob