Re: Power-up difficulties

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: In article <4vucag$cdv@news.vanderbilt.edu>, lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
: (Tilghman Lesher) writes:

: >....
: >My solution has been to not power down my gs very often, but when
: >I do have to powerup, I turn on the computer, wait about 15-20
: >minutes, then press Ctrl-OA-Reset.
: >
: >Question:  by this technique of powerup, am I hurting my gs in
: >any way?  (green light on ZipGS is off during warmup).
: >....
: >

:      First, since your GS eventually starts up, it seems unlikely that you
: have damaged the computer.

I'm asking if the computer is going on an eventual decline.  (Like lead
poisoning in a human:  won't kill you immediately, it accumulates.)

:      The green light is an LED in series with a resistor. It is powered
: via the +12V line
: coming from the power supply and should be ON (lighted) the moment you
: flip ON the computer power switch.

Well, no, I think that would be the red light, which comes on with
the power.  It's the green light that flickers with normal operation.

:      Another possible problem source is a bad power supply and/or a bad
: connection where the PS plugs to the motherboard. (Check/clean your PS
: connector.)

I suspect the bad power supply would cause problems throughout use, not
just at startup.  I haven't had extraordinary problems in a while...
(i.e. I haven't done a cold startup in at least two weeks).

:      Suppose your PS is okay. A way to zero-in on the problem is to pull
: cards from Slots 1-7, pull any joysticks, and plug in just one disk drive
: (always, naturally, with the computer turned OFF). Then, start adding
: items one by one. When something is added and the computer is turned ON,
: the green indicator should be lighted. If adding an item makes a
: difference in indicator brightness, whatever was added is a good suspect.

The problem occurs with only the ZipGS, the RamFAST SCSI, and RamGS 4.


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