[SunRescue] SparcStations on Fire

[Stout, Logan]

bag power can easily cause this type of problem, you might consider putting
in a UPS, or just moving the machine, aslo, have you tried a second monitor?


Logan Stout

-----Original Message-----
From: chris at searat.com [mailto:chris at searat.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:32 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: re:Re: [SunRescue] SparcStations on Fire


I have an elc that has jittery video. I already swapped the mb, so it must
be somewhere else.  does the ps contain video circuits?

chris

Kurt Nowak <knowak at polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu> wrote:
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If any of you really really *need* to keep an SLC or an ELC alive, i
stripped apart
an ELC and SLC to salvage the mobos and PSs....all 4 items sitting in a box
doing
nothing...

Kurt

Chris Drelich wrote:

> I was intent on selling my SparcStation SLC on ebay.  So, I turned it on
for
> the first time in about a year, intent on taking some pictures.  I flicked
the
> switch, and heard a few crackling noises, followed by smoke pouring out of
the
> system and a horrible smell.  It was not the cable, that was fine, and was
just
> powering a different computer a few minutes prior to it being plugged into
the
> SLC.  Im curious if anything like this has happened to anyone before or if
> anyone know what might have caused it?  Just idle curiosity really, the
death
> of the system is no big deal, and I never thought I'd get more then $20
for it
> on ebay.
> Chris
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