[CUBE] Cube Anomolies

J.C. Webber III jcw at kingoblio.com
Fri Mar 5 09:32:23 PST 2004


That's an indication that the TOD battery may need replacing.
Which might also be the cause of the system unstableness.

-- jcw

atoa at krak.net wrote:
> It seems to have gone back in time, too.
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jan 1970, Bob Hasselbrink wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Suddenly yesterday, my cube (stock 450) decided to shut down while I
> > accessing the internet.
> > It would shut down without warning and then try to restart.
> > Both of the "pilot lights" (on the cube and the monitor) would flash
> > very
> > quickly maybe five or six times, try to start, and then shut down again.
> > This continued until I shut it off using the power button on the UPS.
> > After work last night, I got the same result.
> > I remembered something about a problem with the power button gasket,
> > so I pulled the core and placed a small portion of a "sticky note" on
> > the inside
> > of the case over the button.
> > This seemed to fix the problem until this evening when it acted up
> > again, but
> > only once.
> > Am I on the right track here but need a different "gasket material"?
> > I have been in contact with the closest authorized dealer, but of
> > course,
> > they want me to bring bring it in so that they can diagnose the problem
> > at a considerable cost.
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Bob
> >

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