[ale] OT: but PC related

[Boris Borisov]

This PC probably was sitting in basement for the last 15 years. Rather not
sniff it :) But I like your method ....

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:54 PM, James Taylor <
James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:

> I got my first xt by paying $50 to guy who had a dead one.
> I found the dead chip by sniffing the motherboard until I smelled
> something burnt. Found a chip with a hairline crack in it, replaced, and
> got a working machine.
> Gotta keep that smoke in the chips for sure...
> -jt
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> >>> Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> 10/14/2015 4:34 PM >>>
> OMG!!! The magic smoke escaped!!
> I saw the flame on a video card once. Rather exciting.
> On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 16:20 -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > I was surprised that such a small capacitor can shoot 3 inches of
> > flame with appropriate smoke
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > You got a real, 20+ year old IBM PC XT?!?!? If it's easy, replace
> > > all and then video more tests to post the flamers on YouTube :-)
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 15:33 -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > > > I've got yesterday from craigslist IBM PC XT. Upon testing one of
> > > > the tantalum capacitors exploded with flames :) Should I replace
> > > > all of those or try just that one. Seem like should be fairly
> > > > easy .
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