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Well, interesting week...
On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. |
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Well, interesting week...
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? |
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#3
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Well, interesting week...
On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. |
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Well, interesting week...
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. |
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#5
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Well, interesting week...
JimH wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. |
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Well, interesting week...
"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? |
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#7
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Well, interesting week...
JimH wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? Regardless of whether it has a sleep mode or not unless it is a server class system it is not "designed" to be on 24x7. Server class means on 24x7. Desktop means on 9 to 5. Laptop means on when you are using it. |
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#8
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Well, interesting week...
"JimH" wrote in message ... "BAR" wrote in message . .. JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors? For "Green" listing. Power saving mode when you just leave it on for no valid reason. I designed Disk Drives for a living for 10 years, disk drive controllers for 15 years and apps engineer to the disk drive world for another 5 years and we never looked at the system to have to be on 24x7. |
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#9
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Well, interesting week...
On Feb 3, 3:01 pm, BAR wrote:
JimH wrote: wrote in message roups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message egroups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message legroups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended" to be turned on all of the time. They were very cooperative. For the record, I still have the owner's manual and there isn't a statement anywhere in the manual that states that the computer cannot be left on 24/7. |
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#10
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Well, interesting week...
On Feb 3, 8:11 am, "JimH" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 2, 7:52 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message groups.com... On Feb 2, 7:42 am, "JimH" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... 1 - Computer caught fire. 2 - Office smoke damage. That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-) Was it the power supply catching fire? I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal runaway. How old was it? Three years. Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall. Yes I have and they have requested the power supply back for examination. I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful life. Nah - stuff happens you know? I'm not the sue type - it really serves no purpose. |
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