From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JhFJP-0001DM-Ic for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:36:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09D1AE0953; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:36:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.230]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8CD7E0953 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id z1so1644000qbc.10 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1Q8TODJJuQIdYmQ/klXcpsvsS39xTJbIxmEm4V4h+ws=; b=TZirXq6TQPmlI3A9pc1AZMbPTe/+VFtcBB7NAbbyCZqUJrJtI/yWzN2j4W1d3nOZxJlRE+QXOMUVwr8fUB3+nTPVT0BPMbCo3Ka/0uPI/yHyMY+1PYaK1gYKEby5xNvB6/QiEdkYzlc3aS7wCfi/GxzibFusJDq/CP5MLnjevpQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LTaRl0R5fUSCBjFfRiEldzNY2r+5wUur7Xir36/usAwuLrQweLO/tv255nsGAvNEDpKQQjDmq3psWMQHIMgu2kVdjjU43Ysh4XlSAEX0ni9Vusr82B2zKe5eTp0WCvdSAHwJeS5h22RkwJOdMzrRkOdRIxR6y2kLzkNJwCrshNI= Received: by 10.65.230.9 with SMTP id h9mr21601360qbr.6.1207190180713; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.1.1.39? ( [216.106.97.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c6sm2203732qbc.11.2008.04.02.19.36.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47F44259.2030103@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:35:05 -0400 From: Hal Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Emergency shutdown, how to? References: <47EC9F50.5070503@bellsouth.net> <68b1e2610804020636rba3f3afw32bad1494c62cc24@mail.gmail.com> <47F3AB3D.3020202@wrkhors.com> <200804021928.01885.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <47F3DC48.3010906@bellsouth.net> <20080402224333.46e0f6c2@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <47F40101.8010602@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <47F40101.8010602@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9e4f734c-cb79-451c-a90d-405ce0d4c0b5 X-Archives-Hash: 363dc23c31d94fe2998447f12f146b09 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:19:36 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> Folks, keep in mind why I asked this question in the first place. >>> My power supply was frying and I needed a VERY fast shutdown. >>> >> >> I'd shutdown and stay shutdown until I could replace the PSU. PSUs are >> cheap, the components a dying one can take with it are not :( >> >> >> > > Well, the P/S went out right when it was unmounting at the very end of > the shutdown process. I had one file system that it had to replay a > few things when I rebooted. It was a close call since the file > systems that wasn't unmounted was not a critical one. I can no longer contain my curiosity. How did you know it was frying? Smell, smoke? Normally, when something like that fails, it will fail too quickly for you to do anything about it. > > I did replace the P/S with a new one tho. After getting the rubber > band off the fan, I did check to see if it would boot up but it just > sat there. I took it back apart and one of the transistors had a > burnt spot, actually, it was a diode. Since when those things burn > out they are basically not repairable, I just got a new one locally. > I plan to get a permanent replacement from newegg soon. The P/S I > have right now is a A-Open or something. It was all they had. I did > notice that the 5 volt rail is higher than the other P/S's I have had > before tho. This one is at 4.97 volts where it is usually 4.91 or > something. Ah yes, the old dead fan problem... that's why I keep a can of compressed air near my desk, and if not that, a pair of full lungs. ;-) A low quality PSU shouldn't be too bad, for the time being. However, I wouldn't recommend running on one for longer than necessary. I've had friends who trusted case PSUs a little too much, and paid the price. > > You are right about burning out other components tho. I have had two > P/S's to burn out in this one rig. So far, nothing else hurt. I have > some good luck I guess. Sounds like it. Hey, can I borrow some of that luck? You'll get it back in *almost* mint condition. > > Dale > -Hal > :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list