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On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 12:44 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > I've seen a 1U server get hot enough to emit copious amounts of smoke and > melt itself internally. No real flames though. > I had a Sun E250 at work which caught fire internally - not sure what exactly but it may well have been the psu. Smelt awful and with flames :-) Fortunately I was there at the time - the smell was the giveaway of something not being right. Fortunately also that it burnt itself out quite quickly as the computer room had automatic halon extinguishers at the time (i.e. when they go off they remove the oxygen!). John. -- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html