[Cube] smoking Cube

[Dan Oetting]

On Jan 27, 2007, at 8:53 PM, Jan Georgen wrote:

> I will do further investigating re: source of the burning smell.

If you can smell smoke there is almost always physical evidence of  
what was smoking. The type of smell can be a clue of what to look  
for: plastics from wire insulation, epoxy from circuit boards,  
silicon dioxide from an exploded IC, dielectrics from capacitors etc.  
all give off unique odors. A visual inspection can spot the charred  
component, smoke trails or debris field. What you don't want to do is  
plug it in again or start swapping components from a working system  
until you've identified the cause.

-- Dan O.