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Robert Prickett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:01:57 GMT
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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:31:55 -0800, you wrote:

>HI,
>    My system keeps rebooting and so far I have heard that it is a Power
>Supply problem.

I've never heard of a PS doing this [but then, I lead a sheltered
life]  Power supplies, in my experience, either work fine or go
completely dead.  Yes, an intermittant open/short could do this, but
again, methinks this is rare.

Voltages at P8 and P9 [if you're comfortable poking a meter into a
powered machine] should range from red= +5 volts, [main power] to +12
volts, - 5 volts, and black=ground]  In this case, you don't care
about the actual voltages, but checking for intermittant shorts/opens.

But I don't think it's the PS.

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