[Info-vax] RX-2800 overheat

[Rich Jordan]

On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 4:52:35 PM UTC-6, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Rich Jordan  <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> >RX2800-i2.  The machine is no longer in production, only used for access to=
> > historial data and reports, and the customer had it turned off since last =
> >November due to getting an overheat error.
> >
> >Well they turned it back on last Thursday, it ran for 2 days, then failed w=
> >ith an overheat again.   Can anyone tell from these error entries if its po=
> >ssibly a sensor issue, or something a physical cleanout might help with or =
> >do we have an actual failing CPU (or apparently a separate 'power pod' modu=
> >le)?
> 
> Is the CPU fan turning?  Has it been making horrible noises for six months
> before the failure?
> 
> >We have asked them (they are remote) to have someone open up the box and ve=
> >rify its not full of dust bunnies and crap, waiting on that response.
> 
> They should do that annually, and vacuum it out even if it looks good.  Don't
> spin the vans with the vacuum.
> --scott
> -- 
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

And actually on a quick review in the service guide (I don't have an RX2800 here) there don't appear to be actual CPU fans, just the large doubled hot swap case fans...

I'll ask them to check each one of them to be sure they're working.  Hopefully we'll hear back soon.

Rich