immega@shell.com (Neal Immega) (02/01/90)
Shell Development Co. had a fire in a SUN 4/280 when diodes on a Xylogics 753 disk controller overheated and caught fire. The plastic card guides on the Illmanite double wide to triple wide controller also appear to have burned and may have contributed to the damage of the two adjacent disk controller cards (which operated perfectly while burning!). Flames four inches high were coming out of the top of the card cage when the fire was extinguished. This problem could have been prevented if we had been notified of the 10/10/89 field change notice from Xylogics to make a free upgrade to all boards by adding a heatsink for the diodes. The new design has a bronze colored strip 1.5 inch wide running the length of the card. Xylogics said that I should have been notified by the distributor (CITA Technologies) and CITA says that they were not told of the problem. The Xylogics contact for this is Laurie Walker at 617-272-8140. She will need the serial number from the board (X plus 7 numbers from the back). Neal Immega Staff Geologist , Geology Research Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center (713) 663-2572 ...!rice!shell!immega immega@shell.com