[HECnet] DECSERVER 300 software?

[Cory Smelosky]

On Mon, 13 May 2013, Gregg Levine wrote:


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2013, Kari Uusim  ki wrote:


On 7.5.2013 20:12, Johnny Billquist wrote:

On 2013-05-07 18:58, Cory Smelosky wrote:


On Tue, 7 May 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote:


On 2013-05-07 18:48, Cory Smelosky wrote:


On Tue, 7 May 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote:


On 2013-05-07 18:35, Cory Smelosky wrote:


On Tue, 7 May 2013, Sampsa Laine wrote:


Anybody have this?

My DS200/MC has just bit the dust it seems.


Send the DS200 my way.   I like fixing those.


Every time I've had a problem with any of these, it has been the
power
supply. Got any hints on what breaks?


In the case of mine the fans failed which resulted in rubber around
inductors melting and having other components fail due to the heat.
Seems like similar has happened to people around the internet.


http://osx.dev.gimme-sympathy.org/users/b4/weblog/6b8a6/images/0e170..JPG#3264x2448



I actually have ones with no fans...


Hopefully not with the original PSU? ;)


No, it's original. I have at least three of them (without fans).
However, I think the last one gave up last year. I'm now running with
with fans...

The board seems to be fine without fans...it's just the PSU needs them..
I have a little fan running on my DECserver that has an external PSU
now. It runs fine like this.


Like I said. All my experience with the DS100/200/300 are that the PSU
is the thing that eventually gives up. :-)

        Johnny

Usually the electrolytic capacitors of the PSU deteriorates and will
eventually cause the PSU to stop delivering the correct power to the
logic board and it will stop working.
If you want to fix it, replace the (electrolytic) capacitors and in most
cases you'll have a running DECserver good for years to come.


I'm still betting on the melted rubber being the cause of the failure in my
decserver's PSU. ;)


If you don't want to do the replacement yourself, find a TV repair shop
in the neighbourhood and ask them to do the replacement. It won't cost
huge amounts; maybe 10-20    for the capacitors and an hours work.


Kari



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Hello!
I've seen the effects of blown electrolytic capacitors. It's not
pretty. Remember that photo you showed us of a R.PI posing as a
system? It was resting on a specie of Dell Optiplex. Most of the
family is well behaved, but one member was deliberately built with
less then stellar capacitors.


Eurgh.   I hate those designed-to-fail Dells.   They do make great space heaters. ;)

They all failed in less then a year.
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Incidentally Dave this problem isn't your fault. I might want to
consider having those Yeti move back......


I don't think Yeti have a particularly usable capacitance

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