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From: tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: 10K power supply problem
Message-ID: <101020016@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 10 Dec 90 22:19:50 GMT
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> Yes, we have seen that.  Someone may find our cure for the problem
> amusing: Just removing one of the 5V so-called booster modules cured
> the problem.

I've also heard that there are two schemes for the power supply "Bricks".
In one scheme, _one_ brick acts as the master, and all the others as slaves.
Only the master needs to have a correct output to drive the others.  In
some cases, swapping bricks will cure the problem.

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com