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What would mac 30 macs unable to power on at the same time?
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They were all asleep and you didn't give them enough time to 'wake'?
Your wiring is faulty and not enough power was being received to power the machines after they had shut down due to perhaps a power cut, when you reset the power it supplied the correct load. Check your wiring for faults?
Thats my best guesses
They definately weren't asleep..... I've been looking after macs for a long long time.
Wiring is fine, we've had an electirican out to check it all...
Im guessing there was a power spike over the weekend.
sparkie1984
macrumors 68030
It's too much load powering all on at once.
When we do computer rooms you need to install a breaker to take a large start up current.
When we do computer rooms you need to install a breaker to take a large start up current.
That might be it, all our computers are set to boot up at 8.30am
We've never had the problem before...... Ill have to keep an eye on it.
sparkie1984
macrumors 68030
Could be playing up now due to excessive wear on the breaker.
As a qualified electrician that's where I'd be looking first, had it before at schools
Could you stagger their turn on times
As a qualified electrician that's where I'd be looking first, had it before at schools
Could you stagger their turn on times
Macman45
macrumors G5
Yep, we had this a while back here too....Depending on your power settings for the machines, I'd say that's exactly what happened...A spike or a brown out. I'm guessing you are surge protected so no damage will have been done, but re-setting SMC on them would be a good idea.
I'd reset the SMC. To make things easier, can the OP stagger the time the Macs come on? This way, the initial inrush of everything starting (inrush current to spin up HDDs and fans) isn't hitting the circuit all at once.