[Soekris] Soekris net4801 and the SMP power supply, lot's of failure

[Martin Hein]

We have around 80 4801 running with this PSU and around 4 to 6
have failed with the symptoms you descripes.

So far, all that has failed is located at sites without UPS.

/Martin

On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 09:32 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
> we are using lots of net4801 with the small SMP switching AC/DC
> power supply, Part No SBD212.
> 
> We have lot's of failures with these power supplies.  After a few
> months, suddenly the Soekris won't boot anymore or the LEDs just
> keep flickering.  Replacing the PS with a different type solves
> the issue.
> 
> All in all we had to replace about 20 units so far.  I think there
> is a problem with this type of PS, do other users have this
> problem as well?
>