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<font face="Arial">Sometime yesterday, the computer powering my UI-View
webserver had a power supply failure and shut down, knocking <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.dyndns.org:14439">http://wa8lmf.dyndns.org:14439</a> <br>
off the air. I've spent the last 12 hours moving the server setup to
another PC and have it back up (I think).<br>
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The post-mortem on the original PC revealed that six 1000uF 25V
aluminum electrolytic capacitors (part of the motherboard DC/DC
converter that supplies 1.5 VDC and 3.3 VDC to the Celeron CPU) were
bulging outward on top. One had actually split and leaked goo onto a
toroidal choke where it fried into a black crisp. <br>
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This was supposedly an HP "corporate" PC (not a no-name el-cheapo
generic or low-end consumer HP from Circuit City) that had been
running 24/7 for about 9 months. Make your own conclusions......<br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
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Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a><br>
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New/Updated "Rev G" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs">http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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