UP2000+ Problems

[jmd]

Jon...

the only power supply i have here is a 300W. hardly powerful enough to
power even 1 cpu on that board. i did read the power requirements in the
user manual. if i were going to buy one i would sink $50 or more in it,
plus i would have to obtain an adapter for the J28 connector. with tax
and shipping, i would guess $80 or more.

another consideration is the cheaper power supplies are usually atx for
a tower configuration. i have the powerrac server enclosure. the
configuration is a bit different. including setting jumpers for
tower/server configurations. 

as matt mentioned, a couple of people in the alpha IRC channel thought
of the power supply, but others had mentioned possibly buggy firmware.
that being the cheapest route was what i wanted to address first. 

i am doing as much testing as i can, without spending a lot of money,
before i put it up on ebay for sale. 

thanks for your input...

jeff

 

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 09:14 -0700, Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> I was able to run a UP2000+ 2x667 and full load of RAM off an Enermax 450W
> power supply, the quiet model.  That was with a single SCSI hard drive and a
> CDROM.  It was barely enough rated power but that particular PSU must have a
> little reserve capacity.
> 
> If you have a comparable PSU you might try using it to test your board.  Just
> a thought.
> 
> jn
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: jmd <jmd8800 at charter.net>
> To: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:08:06 -0800
> Subject: Re: UP2000+ Problems
> 
> > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 15:41 -0500, Matt Turner wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > If the problem persists with a working power supply, then we might
> > > consider that the CPUs or motherboard are somehow faulty. The CPUs
> > > were run with a higher (read: wrong) voltage for a non-trivial amount
> > > of time after all.
> > > 
> > > Matt Turner
> > 
> > i should have stated i am not interested in investing any money in this
> > board. good power supplies are not cheap.
> > 
> > thanks
> > jeff duncan
> > 
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