Smoking around computers

From: Carlos Murillo <cmurillo_at_emtelsa.multi.net.co>
Date: Tue Dec 11 07:24:43 2001

At 09:41 PM 12/9/01 -0700, Ben Franchuk wrote:
>> Speaking of which, ever open a machine formerly owned by a
>> dog/cat owner?
> Yes they to tend to collect the fur... ( Shakes out keyboard ).
>But still better than smoke! Keeping the Magic Smoke in the Computer
>helps too.

One of the worst odors I've experienced was created when lots of
cat hair were toasted inside the power supply of a friend's
computer. The hairs finally got the fan stuck and temperature
went up very quickly. Argghhh.. I said to myself, "that's
no magic smoke!" .

carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Tue Dec 11 2001 - 07:24:43 GMT