SGI....

[mike ingram]

It might just be weak power supplies.   There was a recall issued by  
SGI about the Challenge XL power supply, I  remember our SGI tech  
dropping by to replace the PS on our Challenge XL .  The machine ran  
24/7 on a UPS for years and we were always very worried about turning  
the darn thing off.

Mike



On Nov 9, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Sebastian Brückner wrote:

> Zane H. Healy schrieb:
>
>> At 2:22 PM -0500 11/9/05, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>
>>> Why not get an Onyx2?  They've come down in price a lot.  I was  
>>> thinking of picking one up myself.
>>>
>> I for one don't have room for one.
>>
>
> I don't have room anymore either since I put a Challenge XL in the  
> only room I have for computers.
>
> Apart from the amount of electricity it eats (I of course can't  
> keep it running full time) the power supplies keep dying. If I  
> remember correctly I already blew four or five and since I only  
> have a few more spares and not enough knowledge of electronice to  
> fix them I am a bit worried...
>
> I know that those machines are supposed to run continuously but it  
> can't be quite normal that every other time I power it up one of  
> the supplies dies. Any hints? Is there a way to fix those things or  
> to prevent them from blowing up altogether?
>
> cheers
> Sebastian
>