[plug] Magic Smoke

[Jason Nicholls]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 12:22:49PM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> We put the HP on the workbench so we could see if it was possible to add
> another network card to that and set it up as a gateway for the xbox
> (and Spark)
> 
> When we plugged in the power, and pressed the on-switch we heard two loud
> bangs, and some of the magic smoke escaped.  It looks like 2 of the big
> caps blew in the power supply.

Damn! The same thing happened when I was testing the C180s back in Sydney. One
of the 3 went up in smoke when we first powered it up :(


Later,

Jason Nicholls
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