Monday Haul

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Feb 12 01:51:48 2002

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:

> 1 DEC MicroVAX 3100-90 w/serious problems - system board looks like it
> was wet & powered up. :o(
> Boots to console, but gets errors at several checkpoints and
> ends up with "normal operation not possible". Haven't done much
> trouble-shooting.

First thing I'd do is clean the board. Mineral deposits and such from
cooked water cause all kinds of weird problems with boards. I've cleaned a
large number of boards that were exposed to water (even ones that went
through a flood), and most worked fine after just cleaning. A few needed
minor repairs, but were otherwise in good shape. Switching power supplies
don't tend to survive water at all though.

-Toth
Received on Tue Feb 12 2002 - 01:51:48 GMT