[ale] fried innards -- final report

[Jim Kinney]

computer cases are made of fans and cable ties :-)


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:

> 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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