[Duo2400] Re: did a baaaaad thing

[Larry]

This is an interesting theory, rather hard to prove, but I submit this 
informal survey. Will everyone who has suffered GLOD (fatal or 
otherwise) chime in and let us know if your machine was stock or 
upgraded, and which upgrade sis you make prior to the GLOD.

~ Larry, Darn Good Design.

On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:16  AM, Dan K wrote:

> I gotta preface these comments with -> I have _NO_ hands-on experience
> with PBs 2400. Zero. Nada. None. Zip.
>
> However the thought occurs that since larger ram modules almost always
> mean higher power consumption _AND_ these 'Books seem to be known for
> rather shaky internal power supply bits, is it possible that adding the
> larger capacity ram module simply overloaded something
> power-supply-related? Something that was perhaps marginal anyway?
>
> In other words, maybe Stefan didn't do a 'baaaad thing' except upgrade,
> but rather the poor old 'Book simply got (over)loaded with the final
> straw(s) which broke its back.
>
> IIRC, he added a new HD at the same time, but since newer HDs usually 
> are
> more frugal with power than older drives, I doubt the new HD would be a
> suspect in this conjectured PS-bits-failure scenario.
>
> just my $.005,
>
> Dan K