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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In a 2019 Ars Technica documentary video, Meier said he'd saved two of the Compaq Deskpro 386 computers, but one of them exploded when he tried to boot it up due to the dust in the power supply.

Lol that sucks. "Hey look guys! I found my old PC, let's power it on" BOOM "Well... shit."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Rookie mistake, always check the power supply and the capacitors

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Fuckin devs...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'd suspect Rifas before dust when I hear "exploded on first power up"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Eithee Rifas or shorted tantalums

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, dust + air + spark = dust bomb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It was probably bad capacitors, not the dust that exploded. Electrolytic capacitors are know to be issues with old equipment.