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From: frank@adiron.UUCP (Corradino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: AT clone spontaneously reboots
Summary: Check power supply
Message-ID: <460@adiron.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 90 18:30:16 GMT
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waldman2@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Bruce Waldman) writes:
> The machine spontaneously reboots while running a program, or even

At the risk of sounding like I know what I'm talking about, you should
try swapping the power supply with a new one. When I tell them about the
symptoms, the hardware gurus around here smile knowingly, mention the word
"crowbar," and hand me a power supply catalog.  I think it means that the
output is momentarily dipping below 5 Vdc sufficiently to cause a reboot.
It's difficult to detect with a simple multimeter.

Frank Corradino                     email: uunet!adiron!frank
PAR Technology Corp.                phone: (315) 738-0600 Ext 338
New Hartford, NY  13413        disclaimer: you bet!