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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: OVERHEATING?
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 16:48:22 GMT
- Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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- In article <20611.58.uupcb@cccbbs.UUCP>, daniel.campbell@cccbbs.UUCP (Daniel Campbell) writes:
- >-> My 386SX/20 system has been crashing in unrepeatable ways recently
- >-> and the pattern suggests something is overheating. Here's a detailed
- >It may be a power supply problem. You say the problem occurs most when
- >reading or writing to the HD, well thats when the added draw on the PS
- >would cause the voltage to drop to critical conditions. Thus causing the
- >malfunctions. My first thought is reduce any un-necessary loads, a
- >second HD for example to see if it makes a difference. Try disconnecting
- >the HD, if the only one, and run programs from floppies and see if the
- >problem re-occurs.
- >
- Since the hard drive spins all the time, I don't think that the current
- draw would change that much when reading/writing. I would think if that
- was the problem you would notice it a lot more reading/writing to the
- floppy drives, since they draw more power when spinning as they are
- accessed.
-