Re: Mysterious 60min reboot on net4501

From: Bernd Walter <ticso_at_cicely12.cicely.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:33:25 +0100
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:09:04AM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 17. März 2004 07:09 schrieb Bernd Walter:
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:53:30AM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, 17. März 2004 00:35 schrieb Bernd Walter:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 08:35:58PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> > > > > Am Dienstag, 16. März 2004 20:29 schrieb Erik U.:
> > > > > > Maybe something in the crontab that runs hourly and crashes your
> > > > > > system.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cron doesn't run at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > If it only was that simple.....
> > > >
> > > > Maybe a too small power supply - current utilizes the CPU a bit more
> > > > and therefor requires more power.
> > > > At least -current never gave me such problems with soekris boards.
> > >
> > > You are right, ther also was a problem with the power supply but I had
> > > replaced the old one by a 6V/2A model. I'm astonished about the 60 min
> > > interval. What bug could caus this? Today I'll revert all the "newies"
> > > like crypto hw/support aso.
> >
> > Why do you think it's a bug?
> > Maybe some intervall loads the CPU more than the remaining time.
> > The elan520 has a very load dependend power consumption.
> 
> Like I wrote it now can consume up to 2A which is much more than needed 
> (mesured 810-850mA WITH HIFN, the old model only supplied 800mA)

Oh - OK.
Well 6V is very low and unregulated suplies only rate the voltage
under a certain load.
Maybe the volatage from you supply drops below 6V.
I personaly use Egston 12V/1A switch mode supplies with great success.

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ticso_at_bwct.de                                  info_at_bwct.de
Received on Tue Mar 16 2004 - 22:39:14 UTC

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