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Power supply EXPLOSION
Ok, maybe watercooling the power supply was not a good idea.
It certainly kept the power transistors with the big heatsinks cool, but what of the poor little diodes and a transformer, which didn't get the airflow they expected? Been working fine for a few weeks, then suddenly..... about 15 bangs, flashes, sparks etc flew out of it, as though I had lit an entire box of fireworks under the desk. Strangely the PC continued to run while this happened (for about 10 seconds, at which point the PSU gave up and it went off. Fuses all intact! Replaced the PSU, and the PC booted ok! Just one drive of the mirror/stripe appeared to be blank/corrupted, but it's autorebuilding it in the background. http://80.229.155.158/temp/psufail -- *****TWO BABY CONURES***** 15 parrots and increasing http://www.petersparrots.com 93 silly video clips http://www.insanevideoclips.com 1259 digital photos http://www.petersphotos.com Served from a pentawatercooled dual silent Athlon 2.8 with terrabyte raid Polynesia -- memory loss in parrots. |
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