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From: dlee@miro.Berkeley.EDU (David Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Burnt Mac+
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Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 05:41:36 EST
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About two weeks ago I had an interesting experience with my Mac+. I turned it
on and the screen was entirely black except for a pattern of white vertical
blocky lines, no beep or nothing. The interesting part is that while staring
at the screen for approximately 10 seconds thinking about what to do, the
pattern of white vertical lines disappeared and the screen went "berzerk."
The really interesting part came next, about 2 seconds after the screen
went berzerk my Mac+ started to smoke! I was not imagining this, the distinct
smell of burnt silicon was present. I finally turned my Mac+ off and the next
day took it to the dealer to have it fixed (still under warranty). Well, when
I got there, the dealer plugged in my Mac+ and it went on like nothing 
happened! So I took it home and have been using it ever since without any
problems. Now, the thing I have been wondering about is what happened to
my Mac+ when it smoked? I am afraid that one day when I am doing something
really important my Mac+ is going to go berzerk again. Or maybe something
more subtle is happening. I would be very interested if anybody else has had
a similar experience or can tell me what condition my Mac+ is in.