Comments on: How to Scare the Living Crap Out of Andrew in 5 Easy Steps http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/ like balloons, only with dancing Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Andrew http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-1452 Andrew Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:57:11 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=786#comment-1452 I just don't know what happened atm. I can't see a power spike frying the PSU but nothing else, especially as it's a surge-protected extension board too. I don't get how the PSU could have died, leaving everything else working *until* I actually used them. Maybe it's like sending a tiny charge through a processor - it fries a few transistors which break everything else once it's powered up. Or not. Does that even happen? Still, a UPS would be useful for the reasons you mentioned - I haven't really seen a problem like this before. I just don’t know what happened atm. I can’t see a power spike frying the PSU but nothing else, especially as it’s a surge-protected extension board too. I don’t get how the PSU could have died, leaving everything else working *until* I actually used them. Maybe it’s like sending a tiny charge through a processor - it fries a few transistors which break everything else once it’s powered up. Or not. Does that even happen?

Still, a UPS would be useful for the reasons you mentioned - I haven’t really seen a problem like this before.

]]> By: Ed http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-1451 Ed Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:37:37 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=786#comment-1451 Could it have been a power spike which caused the PSU problem though? UPS's regulate the supply smoothing positives and negatives.... either way you get to sue them if something screwey happens :0 I always wondered why UPS was UPS.... and I realised why... PSU spelled wrong ! Could it have been a power spike which caused the PSU problem though? UPS’s regulate the supply smoothing positives and negatives…. either way you get to sue them if something screwey happens :0

I always wondered why UPS was UPS…. and I realised why… PSU spelled wrong !

]]> By: Andrew http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-1450 Andrew Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:20:29 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=786#comment-1450 Yeah, RAID is definitely a good idea! I don't ever want to have to go through that again. A UPS is a good plan too, although if it was the PSU that nuked everything it may not help too much in a similar situation (nothing else on the power adapter failed). Yeah, RAID is definitely a good idea! I don’t ever want to have to go through that again. A UPS is a good plan too, although if it was the PSU that nuked everything it may not help too much in a similar situation (nothing else on the power adapter failed).

]]> By: Ed http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-1449 Ed Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:34:34 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=786#comment-1449 Go get yourself a UPS as well... seriously, how much is the data worth in comparison? So you need a UPS, a top notch PSU, and a redundant RAID array.... Go get yourself a UPS as well… seriously, how much is the data worth in comparison?

So you need a UPS, a top notch PSU, and a redundant RAID array….

]]> By: Ben http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/04/26/how-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-andrew-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-1448 Ben Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:13:15 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=786#comment-1448 ugh, that was a bit of a close call! Thank god for backups :) definitely want to be thinking about distributed storage and RAID I think! makes me think I really need to get something more effective sorted out myself...hmm... ugh, that was a bit of a close call! Thank god for backups :)
definitely want to be thinking about distributed storage and RAID I think!

makes me think I really need to get something more effective sorted out myself…hmm…

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