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Fluorescent light transformer fails

MagicBlueSmoke — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:50:53 +0000

Failed transformer

This transformer died leaving a horrible smell behind. Fortunately the bulb is still relatively unscathed with just an oddly colored spot. Credit: Justin B.

NEC ND-2510A DVD recorder

MagicBlueSmoke — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:09:24 +0000

Top of board showing destroyed SMD capacitors and inductors

Closeup of SMD parts

Bottom of board showing cracked IC

Closeup of burned IC

This started as a burning smell and extreme heat coming from the DVD drive, and ended up with what you see above. The PC power supply that powered the computer this drive was in failed some months after. Credit: stsm.

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.

MJE 13001 explodes in a GMT-TR20 USB Charger

MagicBlueSmoke — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:43 +0000

MJE13001 in GMT-TR20 explodes

This transistor comes from a GMT-TR20 USB phone charger which was distributed with the L7, L9 and other phones. After the explosion a trace to the transistor was destroyed and the PCB was blackened. Wire was run to replace the damaged traces and after the transistor was replaced the charger worked again. Credit: http://gushh.net/blog

Badly damaged motherboard

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

Credit: Anonymous