3 Jun
2004
3 Jun
'04
6:38 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 16:57, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I did a post mortem on the box and found that two
power transistors in the
power supply were the culprits. They literally went out with a bang. My
theory is that the sinewy dust ball I found stuck to their heatsinks
probably caused an arc.
Nahh, it's a factory installed comfort blanket, it acts as insulation
against the noise of the fan which wakes up the transistors too often.
Remove it at your peril.