Hi all,
Brian W. demonstrated on Sunday that the computer on the 48" kit router would indeed boot up and display
it's Linux desktop --- but only for less than a minute! Then, blank..
So we suspect an overheat condition. It has probably ingested a lot of sawdust through its fans. The next step
(for me on Tuesday) is to pull that computer and ShopVac it out, dust it out with office gas, and see how it
goes.
Overheat condition may also be caused by the heat sink on the CPU having been jostled, thereby breaking
the heat sink compound connection. If that's the case, solution: remove heat sink, wipe off remaining compound
with isopropyl alcohol, reapply compound. I have some of that stuff at the L-Bench.
Could also be a bad power supply. We'll see.. So the large-table CNC router is starting to get some attention.
-- Calvin