[Techtalk] strange hardware question

Raquel raquel at thericehouse.net
Thu Jun 21 21:03:21 UTC 2007


On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:36:58 -0700
Maria McKinley <maria at shadlen.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Has anyone had an experience where a computer case seems to "go
> bad"? I  had a computer die on me, and ever since then, even
> though I have  changed out all of the innards, I can't get the
> hardware to boot up  anymore as long as it is in this case. This
> is actually the 2nd time  this has happened to me, and the other
> case I finally just got rid of.  Any idea what could happen to a
> case to cause this?
> 
> cheers,
> maria
> 

Hmmm.  How odd.  The case is nothing but a metal box.  As far as I
know, the only thing that has any electricals is the wiring going to
the front of the box.  Perhaps a short in something there?

-- 
Raquel
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