Re: Macfailures

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From: Alan Lesgold
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1985 18:18

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In article <1569@hao.UUCP> ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) writes:
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>Our Engineering & Maintenance Group has recently encountered
>a rash of Macs with burnt-out video boards. ... 

On one of mine, the set of wirings going to the deflection yoke was resting
on the heat sink you mentioned and eventually the insulation melted, producing
the results you described (smoked video board.  I'm tempted to suggest that
advance addition of appropriate tape on those wires would solve the problem.
--Alan Lesgold, U of Pittsburgh

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From: lesgold@cadre.ARPA (Alan Lesgold)
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Subject: Re: Macfailures
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 14:18:18 EDT
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