Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request
From: eli@chipcom.com (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: followup: 3/60 rebooting randomly
Keywords: Hardware
Message-ID: <8903161822.AA14670@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 30 Mar 89 10:17:28 GMT
Sender: usenet@rice.edu
Organization: Sun-Spots
Lines: 19
Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu
Original-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 89 12:36:33 -0500
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 215, message 5 of 19

thanks to all those who responded.  apparently, many folks have had random
reboot problems.  things to watch out for:  static, and power brownouts or
spikes on the AC power line.  

i had begun to suspect power problems when our two 3/60s rebooted at the
exact same instant.  another time:  a guy touched a Marathon Bridge (802.3
to 802.4 bridge) in my office -- slight static discharge -- my machine
rebooted.  

we are going to try to find some good surge protecters.  the 3/60 i am
using now has been less prone to these power problems.  its AC power is
coming from a double daisy-chained power strip!  perhaps the surge
protectors in power strips really do something useful.


Steve Elias 
(eli@spdcc.com) ---> forwarded to (eli@chipcom.com)
voice mail: 617 239 9406
work phone: 617 890 6844