Re: [Soekris] spontaneous reboot with large packet flows on net5501+lan1741

2015-02-18 Thread Conrad Kostecki
The net5501 manual states: Please note that there is limited power available for the three PCI expansion connectors. There are only 20W available on the 3.3V power pins and 5V pins combined. If a 2.5” hard disk is used, it will also need to share the available power. An onboard DC-DC converter su

Re: [Soekris] spontaneous reboot with large packet flows on net5501+lan1741

2015-02-18 Thread Christopher Sean Hilton
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 02:21:22PM +, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > The net5501 manual states: > > Please note that there is limited power available for the three PCI > expansion connectors. There are only 20W available on the 3.3V > power pins and 5V pins combined. If a 2.5” hard disk is used, i

Re: [Soekris] spontaneous reboot with large packet flows on net5501+lan1741

2015-02-18 Thread Nix
On 17 Feb 2015, n...@esperi.org.uk spake thusly: > On 17 Feb 2015, Andrew Atrens told this: > >> It's almost certainly a power issue as power draw for the lan card >> will not be a static thing - ie will increase when transmitting >> packets vs idle. > > Yes, only I'd expect the increase in power

Re: [Soekris] spontaneous reboot with large packet flows on net5501+lan1741

2015-02-18 Thread Nix
On 18 Feb 2015, Conrad Kostecki told this: > Please note that there is limited power available for the three PCI expansion > connectors. > There are only 20W available on the 3.3V power pins and 5V pins combined. > If a 2.5” hard disk is used, it will also need to share the available power. > An