Re: ATA Announcement (new info on errors)..POWER SUPPLY

Mike Galbraith (mikeg@weiden.de)
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:17:48 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> Many of the signal traces displayed signal contamination due to JUNK/DIRTY
> power supplies.

A problem more common than people generally think. (non-techs tend to
think lite_glows+have_volts=works)

> If you have a standard chipset that is supported and you know of others
> with your exact setup that runs and yours fails..........
>
> Check your PowerSupply!

;-) s/Check/LastResortReplace for most. Not that many bad PS victims
have access to (or understanding of) the required test equipment.

-Mike

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