Here's a "learn from my mistakes dept." entry. A Mac IIci mysteriously starts dying with a weird line pattern on the screen, invariably after a lot of hard disk activity. Seems fine when quiescent, and stayed up all night when the disk is quiet. Thrash the disk with a lot of activity, and it comes down in minutes. Solution: new power supply. I discovered the HD was draining the +12V line thanks to a neat little device called a Snooper card. When the disk would churn, this line, which normally should be rock-steady, would flicker like a candle. Eventually conditions got right and the PS would fail just briefly, coming right back up (but too late to avoid a freeze and require a reboot). Learning from my own stupidity :-) -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- NEWS ITEM: Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with battery ------------------ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. <http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html> Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.binhost.com/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
