[CTS] Re: D@$#%@^^ IT!
- From: "Owens, Jack K. \(Mission Systems\)" <Jack.Owens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:14:08 -0500
Let just say that there were enough little droppings that I ended up
removing the mobo to get to them all. All of the IDE and floppy cables
had been gnawed on which was the actual cause of the computer problem
not a bad HD. Fortunately none of the PSU wires were chewed through, but
some were nicked. I have also found various bugs and spiders in a
couple. Critters are just looking for a warm place to live and a
computer provides that.
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Please go into details in here or cts-personal.
Thank you,
Eric Vogel ~Windows Live! MVP~
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Owens, Jack K. (Mission Systems)" <Jack.Owens@xxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:46 PM
Subject: [CTS] Re: D@$#%@^^ IT!
Not suggesting that you have critters, but I have seen things that would
make a normal person run in the other direction. I was once brought a
PC to repair that was setting on the person's kitchen counter. What I
found inside made me sick. I know that I would never eat any cookies
that she brought in to work again. It sounds like you have found your
problem. Here's hoping nothing else was damaged when the PSU went. Good
Luck.
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Just got home with the new PSU. Took the cover off the old PSU and there
is yellow gunk between the two large caps. I'm going to assume that's
not good.
The reason I still have questions is, I just did a quick google
(images), and the vast majority of the images shows bulging tops. the
two large ones don't have the bulging tops, but a tall one and a short
and fatter one does have the bulging tops. This might mean a number of
things. Like, if the smaller ones fail, will it cause the big one(s) to
fail as well? What is strangeer is, the fuse inside the PSU isn't blown.
Don't know what that might mean as well. :-O Well, gotta get back to
work!
Thanks! By the way, there's no little "critters" here Jack! <evil stare>
cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> The only thing I know of in a computer system that would make a loud
> pop when it goes is a capacitor. The two largest caps in the box are
> in the PSU.
> If it popped, it's ruptured !
> By pulling the cover off the PSU you should be able to visually
> determine if a cap is blown. Caps usually quit because of age, rather
> than a short or something, and if you're handy with a pencil type
> soldering iron you could replace it with a similar item from Radio
> Shack or an online source.
> That would save you the money to buy more storage. <g>
>
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