Re: Does a ][ power supply ever take out its mobo?

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

On Jul 30, 6:35 pm, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-zmj-this>
wrote:
>
> I was thinking the PSU was the problem, and I was also going to offer to sell
> her a system saver ... so I took the machine back to the bench and opened it
> up. As I was making my inspection, I found several rolled and wadded up zip-loc
> baggies under the keyboard, and stuffed around the power supply. It took all of
> 2 seconds to realize what was in them.
>
> ...and to figure out why the machine was running warm, and why it smelled
> "funny" to her.
>
> As it turned out, her grandson, who was living with her at the time was a
> pretty active user and distributor - and the ][+ was his best hiding place.

And now we probably know why all the early games where sold in
zip-loc bags...

;-)

bye
Marcus