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Author Topic: Lost a PS on Dolby DSS200 is it safe to still run. Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-29-2013 11:16 PM                        One of the power supplies quit it seams to still run ok despite the loud alarm and the notice I have a hardware issue which mentions the power supply. Is it safe to still use the unit until I can get a PS delivered. Anyone replace one of these before? Thank you.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-30-2013 01:04 AM                        I found the PS replacement procedure on Dobly's site, looks easy enough.Still have the question is it safe to still use the server.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-30-2013 01:11 AM                     Replacing it is ridiculously easy. Push the lever and slide it out, then slap another one in. You're not going to hurt anything by running on one power supply.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-30-2013 02:52 AM                        Thanks Brad. With the Holiday and now New Years it might take a little longer getting a replacement, glad to hear I can keep using it in the meantime.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 12-30-2013 04:35 AM                     That's the whole deal of having double PSUs. You can also put one on a UPS and the other one on a normal power outlet or a second UPS. That way, if the UPS fails, but the power stays on (which isn't totally unthinkable and has happened to me several times before), your server will also keep on running. It would be great if they had something to kill that irritating alarm though. But maybe it's better it stays on, so people actually do something to remedy the situation.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-30-2013 06:22 AM                     If you slide the bad supply out (just slightly is enough), the alarm will go away.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 12-30-2013 11:43 AM                     Yeah, that's true, as soon as you remove it (or slide it back as much so it isn't detected by the "back-plane" anymore) the alarm will stop.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-30-2013 12:49 PM                        Good tip Steve, thx.  |  IP: Logged

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