Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!miro.Berkeley.EDU!dlee From: dlee@miro.Berkeley.EDU (David Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Burnt Mac+ Message-ID: <16644@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 05:41:36 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16644 Posted: Tue Dec 16 05:41:36 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 05:31:07 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: dlee@miro.Berkeley.EDU (David Lee) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 17 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.