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Infrant/Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ PSU fails

MagicBlueSmoke — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:47:10 +0000

Top of PSU - the insulation on the inductor is not paper

Bottom of PSU

This is a PSU from a Infrant/Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ system. The PSU likely failed because of design problems instead of faulty components; the failure seems to be a common event on certain manufacturing batches.

Notable features on upper picture: 3 bulged capacitors, 1 inductor with burned insulation. Notable features on lower picture: signs of overheating, jumper wire in solder.

Credit: Swish from EFnet.

FANUC power supply unit fails

MagicBlueSmoke — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:54:07 +0000

FANUC power supply dies

Don’t have much more detail on this one, but it’s a FANUC power supply unit that has failed. FANUC stands for Fuji Automatic Numerical Control. Credit: Sculptor.

Xbox PCB charred

MagicBlueSmoke — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:39:55 +0000

Xbox with charred PCB

Two views of the same xbox board that not only lost the blue smoke but also lost the black smoke. Credits: Daniel Celion from Sweden.

Motherboard with badly damaged PCI slot traces

MagicBlueSmoke — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:22:01 +0000

Credit: Anonymous

Badly damaged motherboard

MagicBlueSmoke — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:17:51 +0000

Credit: Anonymous