On 06/22 01:44 , Mike Miller wrote: > I assume that "wining the lottery" meant that ps failure is exceedingly > rare. That guy was nuts. I've lost several over the years and two were > on machines I bought at Gen Nan. The discussion of dead power supplies reminds me of this cartoon. http://www.customerssuck.com/strip/index.php?date=2009-01-25 The story behind it is amusing as well: http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?p=468649#post468649 Yes, apparently power supplies can shoot flames, reputedly hot enough to set someone's shirt on fire. (Probably just a bit of smoldering really... but a good cautionary tale nonetheless). (For other strange computer tales, consider the computer that the user fed rice to http://www.customerssuck.com/strip/index.php?date=2009-02-01. Yes, computers really are magic.) -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com