On 6/2/26 07:02, Stefan Monnier wrote:
I've seen too many hard-to-diagnose problems that disappeared after
replacing a sketchy PSU. Random hangs and crashes, hard drive errors, video
noise, hang on reboot, etc. I no longer try to go cheap when choosing a PSU
for builds.
Yeah, I'm actually surprised the hardware hasn't caught on accordingly:
while it's now standard for chips to monitor their temperature (and
adjust their power consumption if it gets too high), I still haven't
seen anything comparable that would detect and report when the input
voltage goes out-of-range (and maybe also take steps to reduce the
instantaneous power consumption?).
Instead, we're in the dark, forced to try to avoid the problem
by over-provisioning the power supply and pray that it was enough.
=== Stefan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lm_sensors
lm_sensors (Linux-monitoring sensors) is a free open-source
software-tool for Linux that provides tools and drivers for monitoring
temperatures, voltage, humidity, and fans. It can also detect chassis
intrusions.
https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=lm-sensors
David
