IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!

[julianf]

Thurday my machine went out, poof... smoke comming out of the psu... i thought o well, and i found a 250w in my pile o' junk... i'm talking about my old machine, dual 550 pIII, and tried to turn it on.. no dize, i thought oh well... and played with my BRAND NEW P4!! yeah it's sooo danm fast! then this morning i pushed the button again,,, there ! it came alive and ran like a dream, and still does! let me tell you that i installed the other psu friday, so the machine stod over night, and friday it wouldn't turn on, but today it would... havn't even glanced at it--- wtf is this? how can this happen?

 

[bacillus]

it's a miracle!

 

[julianf]

YES!!! IT SURE IS!!!!:Q:disgust:

 

[murdock2525]

Thats called a dust fire. The dust builds up and retains moisture and finally it smolders..as far as not turning on ?? Moisture short I'd guess.
Think canned air and keep your rig clean...

 

[julianf]

the cab is clean... thats not the problem, well, the cpu's are still working at 65-70c (not good i know) but i can't do nothing about it... it's not a problem in the new machine

 

[julianf]

bump

 

[MichaelD]

70C! Holy CPU-Keychain, Batman!

Buddy, those temps are way, way too high. You're fryin' eggs there. I'd check my HSF pronto. Sounds like your HSF's fan isn't working at all/not turning it's intended speed, or you have a serious contact/non-contact issue b/t the bottom of the HS and the core of the CPU.

As for the fire...I dunno if I'd be too trusting of that machine. I'd open it up, maybe remove the PS and give it a thorough once-over w/the compressed air/vacuum cleaner. PUt it back together and watch it carefully.

Dust fire sounds like a reasonable explanation to me...but ANY fire = bad. Good luck, JulianF.

 

[julianf]

well, no dust in my cab... i keep it clean..., the hsf, an the hs's are fin... it's the controll room thats 30-35c hot in the summer time... when i take the machine home to my appartment, the cpu's r running at 35-40c no problem... allso the machine is running Nuendo, witch heats up the cpu's pretty good, it supports dual processing, and takes a constant load on both at 80% all the time... sometimes 12 hours a day, when thre is bands recording... but the new machine is no problem... runs 2.3ghz at -10c real cool... amazingly stable...