linuxgeek: [nslu2-linux] Re: Slug needs a 'rest' between boots

Friday, October 23, 2009

[nslu2-linux] Re: Slug needs a 'rest' between boots

hmm, all of which are H/W issues (so apologies for posting in the wrong group).

I think those things are both beyond my competence to fix it :-(

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, Brian Morrison <bdm@...> wrote:
>
> fortunemunkey wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > My slug boots up and works fine (well, not with SlugOS, but that's a different thread!), however when it powers down, I need to leave it a significant amount of time before rebooting (haven't timed it, but it's minutes).
> >
> > Until this time NOTHING happens when I press power (no lights or anything).
> >
> > I tried a different power supply, but it makes no difference. Any idea what could be causing this?
> >
> > Is there something it's secretly doing before the LED's come on that takes time?
>
> I can't be sure, but it might be that a capacitor is remaining charged
> because whatever is intended to discharge it has failed. Once the charge
> leaks away through other higher resistance routes then the power button
> works again.
>
> Equally it could be that there is some fault with the button itself that
> means it takes time to open after being pressed, hence the start circuit
> doesn't see the needed signal edge to kick it into life.
>
> HTH.
>
> --
>
> Brian
>