Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (218 mails)

[Richard <rick47@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 15 December 2004 1:52 am, Klaus Singvogel wrote:
> Richard wrote:
<snip>I have seen some messages during
> > booting process about "...over current charge..." on USB port 5.  Actual
> > messages follow:
> > <3>hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 5
> > <3>hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 6
> > <3>hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 7
> > <3>hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 8
> > Is this saying my PS is weak?  I always assumed PS was ok, but did not
> > understand these messages.  I queried the suse-linux-e list once or twice
> > about these messages, but got nary a bite.  While my googling skills
> > leave much to be desired, I found nothing relevant there either.
<snip>
> I also have problems with the nvidia graphic drivers in such a way
> that they refuse to start the X11 system because the power check
> fails. Sometimes they dont have this problem. I cannot predict this
> behavior (maybe depending on the room tempretature?).
>
> I'm having a 400 Watt power supply in my PC.
>
> And its not so good to hear that you have a 431 Watt power supply and
> still problems.
>
> Best regards,
> 	Klaus.

Thanks for looking at this.  While I am no hardware guru, I can see where you 
would suspect power supply.  I think mine is really listed at 465W, 431 
minimum or conservatively rated, something like that.  I think my printer 
issue is software/hotplug related, not PS.  The "...over-current change..." 
messages during boot still bother me, and I have not seen an explanation that 
really says what this is, or how to fix it, if it needs fixing.  In any case, 
I have not seen any other issues that would lead me to suspect an 
insufficient PS.  Richard