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Thank you for your help. I had a feeling it might be the capacitors :) |
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Richard |
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On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 06:59 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote: |
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> Richard, mused, then expounded: |
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> > |
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> > However, if I wait a few hours before sending the magic packet, the |
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> > machine does not power back up and the machine can only be powered back |
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> > up by pressing the power button on the machine itself. After testing |
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> > this over and over, I know as a matter of fact that the only thing that |
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> > causes the magic packet to fail to power the machine back up is time; if |
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> > I leave it too long between powering the machine off and sending the |
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> > magic packet. |
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> > |
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> > Has anyone else here experienced this? |
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> > |
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> Can't say that I have. But what you describe is a failing Standby |
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> voltage circuit. It could be the power supply or it could be the |
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> motherboard. |
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> If either has significant age on them, then most likely to electrolytic |
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> capacitors associated with the circuit have gone bad. Or it could |
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> simply be bad design and no real testing of the function during |
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> production. |
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> Bob |
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