Hi John,

Have you checked the PSU so there's no dust clogging the vent holes? The
same problem happened to me with a Decstation where the vents were so
clogged that it looked like there was a filter on there, it wasn't it was
a solid mat of dust! It caused the PSU to overheat and shut down and
still the box was in and air conditioned room.

If this isn't the case I would suggest that you follow the other advice
and check the output of the PSU with a multimeter.

Cheers,
Anders

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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, John Klos wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a VAXstation 4000/60 which has been stable for years. In the last
> few months, though, it has started to simply turn itself off
> automatically - the switch is still physically on, but the unit is off
> until I cycle the power switch. The average time up nowadays is around 1
> day or so.
>
> The room is air conditioned, the power is good (it's now on a UPS), there
> os just one low powered drive inside... Not sure what this might be, and
> it's not like there are spares around. Does anyone have any ideas or
> suggestions about what to do about my poor VAX?
>
> Thanks,
> John Klos
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> Today is the day that my destiny calls me!
>    Meowth
>