[thelist] Issue with 2k3 Server...

[jsWalter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Wilhelm [mailto:thelist at summit7solutions.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:23 PM
> To: jsWalter at torres.ws; thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thelist] Issue with 2k3 Server...
> 
> 
> No other hardware?
> 
> There's a motherboard, right? There are chips on it? RAM 
> maybe? A power supply?

Like I said, I pulled everything except what it needed to turn on.



> There are a lot of things that can fail on a computer. I had 
> a computer a few years back that would shut itself off every 
> 18 minutes or so. Turns out there was a chip on the 
> motherboard that had some insulation or SOMETHING flaking off 
> the top, and every 18 minutes or so it would overheat and the 
> system would power down. Then I'd turn it back on, it'd be 
> fine, and 18 minutes later it'd shut off.

Sure, but wouldn't that behavior be OS independent?


> Another thing I've seen is an air condenser / conditioner 
> turning on, and causing just enough of a sag to fuck with the 
> power supply on some desktops. Of course, at work everything 
> is UPSed,

Yes, Belkin 1100 UPS between the server and the wall.

No heavy equipment around.

Just household stuff. The server is in my basement.


> but my point is just that there are MANY things 
> that can be considered hardware that can break, not just 
> CD-ROMs, etc...

Yes, I agree, thus my query to this list.

Hoping that someone one smarter or with more experience than myself
would think of something.

And I was right. I've received a lot of good questions.

Please, keep them coming.

Walter