RE: Server

["Barry J. Cooper" <bjc3 at cornell_edu>]

Sssshhhhh! I want that new machine.

Barry

>Barry,
>A guess: a faulty power supply is trashing the motherboard.
>mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry J. Cooper [mailto:bjc3 at cornell_edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:57 PM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: Server
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I just thought you might be missing my regular reports on the health of the
>AKA web server. Well, the server is officially dead. The shop has replaced
>the motherboard (twice), the hard drive, the CD-RW drive and the MPU (main
>processor), none of which has completely fixed the problems. Fortunately
>this machine is still under warranty.
>
>Yesterday I got impatient and called Apple to ask when they were going to
>give up and provide me with a new machine. They told me that if the
>replacement MPU didn't fix it, they would do so. I had my fingers crossed
>that it wouldn't fix it, because I didn't want a machine that had had its
>guts replaced without really finding out what the root problem was. It
>turned out that the MPU did not fix anything, so I am to get a new machine,
>which will actually be a better one than the dead one. The dead one is
>outdated - after all, it IS 10 months old.
>
>The new machine will probably take a week to get here due to paperwork and
>having to send in the old one. I expect that early next week I will be
>restoring the files to a new server. There may be some brief interruptions
>to the web site while I do that. I will post a message when I am about to
>begin.
>
>Incidentally, I have owned a total of six Apple Macintosh machines and this
>is the first one to give me any trouble. When something did happen, it did
>so in a big way, but a full replacement under warranty keeps me happy.
>
>Barry
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>Barry J. Cooper
>Department of Biomedical Sciences		Home address:
>College of Veterinary Medicine		27505 Riggs Hill Rd.
>Cornell University				Sweet Home, OR 97386
>(607)253-4273				(541)367-2568
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Barry J. Cooper
Department of Biomedical Sciences		Home address:
College of Veterinary Medicine		27505 Riggs Hill Rd.
Cornell University				Sweet Home, OR 97386
(607)253-4273				(541)367-2568
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