Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!roy
From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: CAP/KIP and dynamic address assignment
Message-ID: <3222@phri.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 88 23:32:14 GMT
References: <1544@ur-tut.UUCP>
Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY)
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Summary: If your kbox crashes weekly, something is very wrong!

mcgowan@cc.rochester.edu writes:
> Our Kinetics box reboots itself at least once a week.

	Really?  That's amazing.  We've had a kbox for about 9 months now.
Except for a few horrible weeks in the beginning when we had a lemon power
supply, I can't remember a single time it has crashed (well, we had to reboot
it after a power failure once, but that hardly counts).

	I suspect your box has the "bad power supply filter capacitor" problem
which has apparantly been popping up on some kboxes.  There was a recall
letter that went out a few months ago.  Call Kinetics; they will either fix it
at their factory for free or send you the parts and instructions to do it
yourself if you prefer (from what I saw of the procedure, it's a 15-minute job
for somebody who knows how to solder).
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016