roth2@hulaw1.harvard.edu (04/07/91)
I went out to dinner last night and left my station purring away happy as a kitten. When I came home two hours later it was off -- and wouldn't turn back on. I checked with people in the building, and there were definitely no power problems, and I have a good surge protector besides (which hadn't gone off). Now the thing won't go back on and I'm very very unhappy. If anyone can offer any help at all, please call me collect at 617-493-9111. Thanx. Tony Roth Please don't send any e-mail as it will be forwarded to my dead machine.
simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) (04/07/91)
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I went out to dinner last night and left my station purring away happy as a
kitten. When I came home two hours later it was off -- and wouldn't turn back
on. I checked with people in the building, and there were definitely no power
problems, and I have a good surge protector besides (which hadn't gone off).
Now the thing won't go back on and I'm very very unhappy. If anyone can offer
any help at all, please call me collect at 617-493-9111. Thanx.
Tony Roth
Please don't send any e-mail as it will be forwarded to my dead
machine.
Had the same exact thing happen to my machine and to another machine on
another floor about a week before my machine died. It was the power supply in
both cases. Took it over to repair and they replaced the power supply. We
were wondering if there was a quality control problem with the power supply
or something. I sure hope not. Any other data points out there. By the way,
the same power strip that my NeXT was attached to also has a Vaxstation 3200
attached to it. That and everything else was O.K. but the NeXTstation was
dead.
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===============================================================================anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) (04/07/91)
In article <SIMMONS.91Apr6150149@rigel.neep.wisc.edu> simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) writes: ]In article <1991Apr6.135650.433@hulaw1.harvard.edu> ]roth2@hulaw1.harvard.edu writes: ][NeXTstation died of power failure] ]Had the same exact thing happen to my machine and to another machine on ]another floor about a week before my machine died. It was the power supply in ]both cases. Took it over to repair and they replaced the power supply. We ]were wondering if there was a quality control problem with the power supply ]or something. I sure hope not. Any other data points out there. By the way, ]the same power strip that my NeXT was attached to also has a Vaxstation 3200 ]attached to it. That and everything else was O.K. but the NeXTstation was ]dead. I was talking yesterday to the guy who runs the Computer Repair Service at our place (probably where Kim got his machine fixed). He says they're replacing power supplies in quite a few NeXTstations these days. Must be either a small design flaw or a quality control issue by the supplier, I guess. -- Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson NeXTmail w/attachments: anderson@yak.macc.wisc.edu Bitnet: anderson@wiscmacc Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888