" CPU exploded "

Bobymc · 08-28-2007, 12:51 PM

Well...I was installing SuSe 10.0 on my Dell Precision 620 (Xeon933) a while after I finished the system there's small kaboom inside the CPU and something real bad smell like burning came out of the tower.

I found that 1 of the D-case tantalum on board burned. I tought that's the end of my Dell server. Lucky I can overcome this problem.

What I want to know is there anything got to do with SuSe? It works OK with Windoze.

Regards,Boby

macemoneta · 08-28-2007, 12:57 PM

No, it has nothing to do with Suse.

Bobymc · 08-30-2007, 12:27 PM

Are you sure..?

I wanted to plug my SuSe again into my repaired Dell Precision.

macemoneta · 08-30-2007, 12:42 PM

You are a victim of the capacitor plague.

J.W. · 08-31-2007, 12:06 AM

Hardware failures unfortunately happen from time to time, but have nothing to do with any particular distro

Bobymc · 09-01-2007, 10:05 AM

Well... I plugged my mobile HDD (SuSe 10) again, it worked.
I guess obsolete liquid inside the Tantalum caps turns into gas and when electricity runs thru the caps it's exploded ( hope this theory is right). My Xeon 933 is one of my most comprehensive hardware I experienced and I still insist Suse as it's partner. SuSe 10 was build like a rock solid system, the appropiriate choice of distros.

Thanks for supporting my thread guys.

Best,Boby