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Twice in two years
HP dc5000 SFF computers love to blow up on me!
That's twice since I've worked at Renew Computers... Apparently it's a common problem. The first time, I plugged it in in the morning and it blew up a small bang and some sparks. This time I was turning it on to install Lubuntu and I plugged it in and BOOM! Huge explosion, lots of sparks (for 3+ seconds) and cap confetti in my face... Cheapo Teapo probably!
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03-31-2012, 05:11 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
pics?
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03-31-2012, 06:45 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
Sorry, I don't.
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03-31-2012, 07:51 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
Then it didn't happen.
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03-31-2012, 08:03 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
Um...
really? I'm not the only one who this has happened to (link to hp forum where its mentioned once): http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Busines...s/td-p/1086205 and here it's mentioned in the comments: http://webdevsys.com/d530psu.htm Seriously, I take offense in the fact that you think I just made this up. I hope you were kidding. |
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03-31-2012, 08:18 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
I think he was kidding.
Yes, HP did have that problem in some of their PSUs. AFAIK, it's the same problem Enermax had with the glue becoming conductive.
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03-31-2012, 08:19 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
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 ...but yea, lets see some pics... You had enough money to buy a macbook, I know you have a digital camera lying about...
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03-31-2012, 08:33 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
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I will defend shovenose in that it wasn't his HP that went off... he makes it sound like it was a customer's both times. But the lubuntu bit makes me wonder too. clarification? --- I know that the teapos in HPs can be nasty... my d530 once bombed a couple by the memory slots... they were very, very swollen to say the least (bowed bungs, domed tops, electrolyte crust everywhere). |
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03-31-2012, 08:51 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
I had a dx5150 where the teapos went bad all over the board. I gave it a full polymod for an experiment (now posted on Hardware Insights).
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03-31-2012, 09:47 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
FWIW, I've had a few powmax PSU's that grenaded and/or incinerated themselves....
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03-31-2012, 10:11 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
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or were you being sarcastic? |
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03-31-2012, 10:20 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
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Ok everybody... 1. AT WORK. I mentioned RENEW COMPUTERS. I WORK there. that is NOT my house!!! 2. I don't start digging in my pocket for my phone and waste 5 minutes getting the camera to work. Not an iPhone, it's an Android phone. HTC Inspire 4G. I reviewed it a while ago. If you need verification you know where my reviews all are. I flashed Android 4.0 on it but it's not the official version because officially that piece of shit is still on 2.3 and that's fucking ancient. And, unfortunately, the camera does not function properly, it takes many reboots to get it to not crash the camera app and when it does work it's so fuzzy you couldn't see the difference between a cow and a hard drive. Look at the picture in the link of number 4 below if you don't believe me! 3. I convinced my boss to put the old dc5000s we have sitting around to good use. 4. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/syd/2933176642.html <-- my listing for them. 5. I have never paid a cent for a MacBook. My uncle paid for it. And it's a MacBook Air not a MacBook. Even though I do have a MacBook but it's an older white one he gave me because he was missing a power adapter... 6. I don't bring a camera around with me to work. SORRY, JEEZ! Sorry if I sound pissed off but I was just trying to share a somewhat funny experience I had. It happened, it really did. Now, back to what this thread is about... Last edited by shovenose; 03-31-2012 at 10:23 PM.. |
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03-31-2012, 10:47 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
WOW, get a grip!! I suggest this:
 ...and then sit on your hands for cryin' out loud... Just a little friendly ribbin.....quit getting so butthurt and/or wash the sand out of your vagina! |
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03-31-2012, 11:03 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
lolwut?
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03-31-2012, 11:10 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
umm, loljoke....you know, jest....kidding, razzing.....not having your period.... srsly, get a grip man!
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04-01-2012, 04:12 AM
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Re: Twice in two years
Yeah... Midol jokes are Topcat's trademark...
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04-01-2012, 04:57 AM
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Reread my post http://badcaps.net/forum/showpost.ph...47&postcount=4 See that blue smilly face at the end put your mouse pointer on it. See that it says Sarcastic? Now dont you feel like a little drama queen? I was following Rats post about pics and the old saying goes "if you dont have pics it didn't happen" as a joke thats why the Sarcastic Smilly Face is at the end. Sorry next time I will try and make it more clear Im kidding my 11 year old grandson got it so I figured you would too. |
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04-01-2012, 12:20 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
Would love to see some pictures too, I wonder what made the capacitor explode so quickly, maybe the power supplies are missing a fuse xD
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04-01-2012, 01:53 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
There are 10+ more in the stack, as I test each one and install Lubuntu I'm sure I'll come aross another one with a faulty PSU that will blow up on me
I'll try to take the PSU home with me on that one and autopsy it. |
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04-01-2012, 04:44 PM
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Re: Twice in two years
Open up the PSU and get rid of the tan-glue-of-death before you blow up even more of these. The PSUs are a painus in the anus to fix once they're blown cause it's never the same components that go pop, so there's no "replace components X, Y and Z and it works again" recipe..
The usual firecracker models are the HP D530 SFF's. It's always the tan glue of death in the PSU (primary side) which causes it. |
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