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From: chan@encore.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hardware problems in PS/2 line?
Message-ID: <2109@encore.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 10:22:38 EST
Article-I.D.: encore.2109
Posted: Fri Oct 30 10:22:38 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Nov-87 07:35:15 EST
References: <1911@homxc.UUCP> <844@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: chan@encore.UUCP (Jerry Chan)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
Lines: 28
Summary: PS/2 HW Problems?

In article <844@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> st138ak@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU (st138ak) writes:
>In article <1911@homxc.UUCP>, mchin@homxc.UUCP (M.CHIN) writes:
>> 
>> Has anyone heard of hardware problems in IBM's PS/2 line of computers?  I've
>> only heard second hand of some problems with their disk drives and I was
>> wondering if this was true?
>> 
>> Michael Chin
>> ihnp4!homxc!mchin

I read somewhere recently (within the last month) that IBM had problems with
power supplies on a lower-end model (Model 30, I believe).  According to the
article, there isn't sufficient "juice" available on the backplane to allow
more than a single slot to be used (of which four(?) are available); I
forget the exact details of which board was referred to -- a lan controller?
Had anyone else read this article?  Perhaps this problem and the disk drive
problem in question are related.

In any case, IBM seems to have addressed this problem.

If more details are requested, I'm sure I could find the article and provide
more info.

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