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From: c60a-4ag@web9a.berkeley.edu (Robert Menke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SE dead! Any ideas?
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Date: 8 May 88 09:34:32 GMT
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Something very odd happened about four hours ago. I was using my II to download
some files so I used my roomate's SE to copy some disks for a friend.
Suddenly, the SE died. Screen went blank, sat there like the power went off.
We checked the plug and found it had come out part of the way. So we plugged it
back in and... nothing. Not even a sad mac icon. Something is happening, because
when the switch is turned on, a couple of quiet clicks come from the computer,
but that's it.

I know it's not much to go on, but I wondered if anyone had had this happen to
them before and if so, what was the cause. My guess is that a fuse blew in the
power supply. My friend argues that if it was a fuse, then we shouldn't hear
any noise, i.e. the clicks, from the SE. We cannot find out what went wrong
until next Thursday when we can take the machine in for repairs.

E-mail me any ideas. I'm sure the problem is something obvious.

p.s.: It didn't overheat. We let it sit and cool for three hours but nothing
happened when we turned it on.

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