[plug] Warning: PC Hardware can catch fire.

[Adrian Woodley]

So now we need to be putting smoke detectors inside computers :) The added bonus
being that when they're triggered by dust build-up you know its time to clean
the machine. Probably not a bad idea for machines that are on 24/7. Perhaps even
link them in with a breaker to cut the power.

Regards,
Adrian Woodley
Diskworld Computer & IT
www.Diskworld.com.au

Australian Linux Conference, Perth 2003
http://conf.linux.org.au


Quoting proXy <davyd at iprimus.com.au>:

> On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 22:41, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
> > I know. Came in to work last friday to the smell of charred PCB. Power 
> > supply in one of the editorial machines had caught fire and we were 
> > really lucky that one of the journos was there to put it out. Looks like 
> > it was probably an electrical short caused by dust - but the machine is 
> > < 1 year old. *sigh*. I'm now dusting every 2 weeks.
> 
> Ironically, the ones you never touch last forever *looks at router*.
> 
> This one (which I used to always be playing with) is getting dodgy as,
> and my old desktop (which I played with almost once a week) I managed to
> cook, I never did work out how.
> 
> Moral of the post: Don't touch computers... ever!
> 
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