While I doubt it's as simple as "cured a world of ills", yes, I would
not hesitate to replace the power supply based on your symptoms.
I've also seen (recently) a hard drive that intermittently kept the
system from powering up. First time I've seen that in 25+ years of
hardware maintenance.
Mike
Matthew Jarvis wrote:
> We've been having some intermittent problems with a server (FC4) doing
> some odd things, such as just locking up and once possibly just
> spontaneously rebooting (though another cause may be to blame)...
>
> Looking at replacing the power supply on the recommendation of our
> vendor. I've already swapped out the power cord and I know the UPS
> works due to a power blip just last Friday....
>
> I'm curious if folks around here have seen problems like this clear up
> with a power supply replacement?
>
> The thing isn't terribly expensive and I can do the work myself... I
> expect folks to say they've done the replacement as a precaution or
> obvious failure, but if someone pipes up with "it cured a world of
> ills" I'll probably proceed with the change...
>
>
> Matthew S. Jarvis
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>
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