30 Nov
1998
30 Nov
'98
5 p.m.
Hmm.. This should be easy. Install /bin/cat. The cat,
as usual, will eat
the fish.
Haven't tried that yet, but the /bin/cat/ folder is on the unaccessable
HD...
Seriously, something is overheating. If you can get to
the board with it
in the machine, can you detect any semiconductor that's too hot. Where
does the smell seem to be coming from - the HD controller, the machine's
PSU, or where?
I'm figuring that the smell is coming from the HD controller board, getting
sucked through the P/S's tiny 1" fan, and blown out the top of the computer.
The HD controller is plugged in right next to the P/S. I think one of the
chips on the HD controller blew, because it was one of the common ailments
of the 1400.
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