crassi@kodak.kodak.com (Charlie Crassi) (01/13/91)
Path: ureka!orion!mikie From: mikie\@orion.UUCP (Michael G. Shea) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: New Machine problem Keywords: Hot Box Message-ID: <115\@orion.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 91 17:17:23 GMT Organization: orion, Rochester, NY Lines: 25 Posting for a friend who just bought a new in the box 3b1. After loading the software for the first time, about four and a half hour after turning the machine on for the first time, he reports that his machine just "shutdown".. that is his screen went blank and the keyboard was unresponsive. Then about every five seconds or so it made "a wierd clicking sound". Finally he noticed it getting hot back at the power supply and shut it off when he noticed that the grating over the area began to warp. Smart man. About ten minutes later he powered back up! Ran it for about six hours in a problem free manner. Please note that this is a new... brand new in the box and shrink wrapped 3b1. Has sat in a storeroom for about 4 years. What do you all think? Should any action be taken? Would you trust this machine? Please reply by posting if at all possible... uucp feeds have been unreliable for quite a while. Thanks -- UUCP: uunet!atexnet!kodak!brandy!ureka!orion!mikie BITNET: soon, so I'm told...
yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu (Norman Yarvin) (01/14/91)
crassi@kodak.kodak.com (Charlie Crassi) writes: >After loading the software for the first time, about four and a half >hour after turning the machine on for the first time, he reports that >his machine just "shutdown".. that is his screen went blank and the >keyboard was unresponsive. Then about every five seconds or so it made >"a wierd clicking sound". Finally he noticed it getting hot back at the >power supply and shut it off when he noticed that the grating over the >area began to warp. Smart man. You don't mention whether or not the fan was working. As the owner of a 3b1 with a warped grating over the power supply, I'd bet it wasn't. In my case, I started a large overnight download; when I woke up I found the machine wasn't working, and shut it off. I don't know whether this was the result of a fan failure, but I suspect it was. Before the AT&T repairperson (the machine was under warranty) arrived, my roommate tried turning the fan through the fan grating, using a screwdriver. He reported that he had to force it a bit before it started turning, i.e. it had been stuck. The AT&T person replaced the power supply, but not the fan; it was working when she tested it. Eventually I replaced the fan with an AC fan. This is a reasonable precaution even for a machine that is working well, since the standard fans are quite unreliable. -- Norman Yarvin yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu "Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!" -- Winston Churchill