Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:53:37 +0100 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: Random APM Power SoftOff |
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On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 02:07:59PM +0100, Alexander Ehlert wrote: > Hi, > > since yesterday I'm the proud(?) owner of an Gigabyte GA586 ATX3 Board > with AMD K6/233. I tried to boot my old linux-system and every time the > system accessed the IDE-Harddisk it instantly powered off ! I used Kernel > 2.0.33 with and without APM support. Simply booting a Debian rescue > gave me a working linux system. > Until i tried e2fsck on my IDE-Disk proper working with my SCSI Disks > was possible. Testing with APM enabled/disabled and Powersaving > enabled/disabled in BIOS didn't change anything.
Consider exchanging the power supply of your box. It might be the case, that the IDE needs a large current to power up and your supply voltage drops by a few percent. The Power on/off Flip-Flop seems to sensitive on that. Just a thought ...
-- Kurt Garloff, Dortmund <K.Garloff@ping.de> PGP key on http://student.physik.uni-dortmund.de/homepages/garloff
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