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- From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
- Subject: Re: Help on ELC
- In-Reply-To: andre@leland.Stanford.EDU's message of Wed, 29 Jul 92 00:39:53 GMT
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
- References: <1992Jul29.003953.17266@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:43:04 GMT
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- Chang-Li> == Chang-Li Hung <andre@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Chang-Li> The ELC in our lab crashed once recently. The machine was
- Chang-Li> very hot and power-on test failed. The message from the
- Chang-Li> screen is to replace the mother board. However, after being
- Chang-Li> turned off for one day, the machine is back on line again and
- Chang-Li> everything works fine. I wonder if that's the overheating
- Chang-Li> cause the problem. Is there a way to check the fan's
- Chang-Li> condition.
-
- You're right, it sounds like a heat-related problem. However, the ELC
- has no fan; it's supposed to be convection-cooled. Make sure people
- aren't leaving stuff on top of the CPU vents...
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