Holy Crap ! Part 2..

[Steven M. Klass]

Alright I have to share this one with you all..

I am a workaholic into work at 6, done at 5ish..  Every day.  Finally a m=
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needed break is on the horizon - I have next week off.  So today on the e=
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of my vacation, I figured I'd go in late.  So I sit down and am trolling =
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plug-threads when out of the blue my main linux box shuts off and on. Huh=
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It's backed-up by a UPS and the whole nine yards.  It's got xfs so I'm no=
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worried, and I swtich screen to see whats up.  Then guess what??

The friggin thing starts a fire!!  I have flames and smoke coming from my=
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power supply..  Holy shit! I hit the power.. ..nothing.  Pulled the plug,=
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that worked..  The verdict, my power supply cap started spewing goo all o=
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the metal enclosure, which caused a short, which caused cap to overheat, =
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pow flames..  Picture a scene from CSI..

The real story here is I am NEVER home..  This was a one in million shot =
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I was actually home..  This is unbelievable!

Later, I have to go buy a power supply..

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 Steven M. Klass
 Physical Design Manager

 National Semiconductor Corp
 15210 S. 50th Street
 Suite 120, Mail Stop AZ4
 Phoenix, AZ 85044

 Ph:480-629-2503
 Cell:480-239-0563
 Fax:480-629-2476

 steven.klass@nsc.com
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