Power supplies

June 28, 2004 in Technology and The Office by matt | No comments

Technology can be very unreliable. I’ve had problems with my computer at work before (read this story) and today I had another experience (and lost some more work). I was typing an email when Thunderbird crashed. I tried starting it again but it wouldn’t start and then the whole computer halted. I turned off the power and tried turning it on again but nothing happened. I looked at the power supply and when I turned on the machine it wouldn’t turn. The power supply was scalding to the touch.

My power supply fan had stopped working.

Fortunately since we’ve had so many power supply problems here, we always have one or two in stock as a backup. I switched power supplies and was back on my way. Now I have to retype a draft I had been writing and remake my changes to a design document I was working on.

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