[Info-vax] rx2620 power supplies / VRM voltage low

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2016-02-12 09:49:39 +0000, George Cornelius said:
> 
>> Spares are easy to come by.  My experience is, however, that 
>> bureaucracies and eBay just don't play well together, and that makes 
>> it all more difficult and expensive.
> 
> Okay, if the purchasing department has "Best Practices" in play that 
> exclude eBay or Craigslist or related, then they can and usually also 
> should pay HPE for service, or pay one of the reputable used-equipment 
> vendors that'll offer systems with warranties.   In general, these folks 
> might want to review Chapter 55612.3.5 in the applicable "Best Practices 
> for Continued Employment via Blame Shifting" where it states that all 
> critical servers must maintain support contracts from the list of 
> approved providers (see section 55612.3.476 and updates in BPCEvBS 
> addendum 2016.02 or current) at all times, or digitally-signed copies of 
> the applicable Business Practices Exception (C-level exception or trap 
> to interrupt vector badge 00001) must be maintained among the server 
> manager, the department, the purchasing department and internal IT and 
> other applicable groups, per BPCEvBS section 55612.3.5772.x4.375.  Or 
> just order the eBay spare server out of the Division Shadow IT^W^WGroup 
> Latté Fund.

Buy a spare on EBAY, with guarantee, then sell to company for double what you 
paid.  Or triple.

Steve is having way too much fun with this ....

:-)