Re: ES45 says power supply failed

Pete wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:48:44 -0700, Malcolm Dunnett
> <nothome@spammers.are.scum> wrote:
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>> I have just gotten a used ES45 that I'm having a problem powering up.
>>
>> When I plug the system in the first green light comes on for all three
>> power supplies and the OCP says "System is down". When I hit the power
>> button the fans don't spin up and I get a "PS0 Failed" on the OCP. If I
>> unplug PS0 the same thing happens, but it says "PS1 Failed", ditto for
>> PS2. If I remove the CPU door I can see a green led lit up on each CPU.
>>
>> It seems odd to me that all three power supplies would be failed, I even
>> swapped in a power supply from another ES45 I got at the same time, same
>> error.
>>
>> Do I really have five power supplies that are all adequate to run the
>> OCP but not the system or is this a bogus error that may be caused by a
>> loose cable or failed door interlock (or something of that ilk?)[/color]
>
> Sounds like they are plugged into 110. Check and see what the ES45
> needs for power.
>
> Pete[/color]

Note that the power required by these boxes, and thus the number of
power supplies, depends on things like the number of CPUs installed.
Somewhere, there's a document with the configuration rules which you can
use to determine the minimum number of power supplies required.

Of course it's possible that you bought a broken box!