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

[Paul Sture]

On 2016-02-13, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> 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 ....
>
>:-)

You could have fun too.  *You* buy a spare on EBAY, with guarantee, then
sell to company for quadruple or more.  Remember that you have lots and
lots of "administration costs" and don't forget a "handling charge".

Then *you* split the profits with the OP.

:-)

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