[ale] fried innards -- final report

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Thu Aug 8 16:15:41 EDT 2013


On 8/8/2013 10:22, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> Yet another trip to Frys.
>
> -- replaced 400 watt power supply with 500 watt PS.
> -- installed new DVD burner (this one burns double layer, which is nice,
>     I think)
> -- Noticed SATA data cable also charred, so replaced that also.
>
> Hopefully this is the last WTF for the year.
>
> Sean
>
> PS You might be an Old Fart, if your computer case is IBM beige.  I asked
> for a DVD burner with a beige face plate, and the young sales clerk said,
> "I've never seen anything but black." Sure enough, Fry's has only black
> computer boxes.  Beige is dead.  RIP

Did you order the addtional Mt. Vesuvius insurance? :)

What's a computer case?  Most of mine are just components held together 
with bits of aluminum and no covers. :)



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