TECH: Sizzling Computer

[Madeline Buchanan <mlbuchan@SCOTT.NET>]

Yesterday my principal noticed a burning smell around her new computer that
had just been installed the day before.  The computer was not turned on but
was plugged in to a surge protector.  The school board electricians were
installing a new outlet in the office at the time.  The office copy machine
will not work either after this incident.

The service technician said he had never seen anything like that before but
he mentioned that even when a computer was turned off, it was in a sleep
mode.  I knew that the battery always kept the time, date, and settings
correct but didn't know that when you shut down a computer it was still on.
The computer technician at the community college library where my husband
is library director said he had never seen anything like that either.

Has anyone else had such an experience?  I unplug my home computer from the
electrical outlet and telephone line when I'm not home and my school
computers at the end of the day.  We are just fortunate that it happened
when someone was there and not in the middle of the night.

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 Madeline L. Buchanan           Voice:  (205) 838-7620
 Library Media Specialist       Fax:    (205) 838-7622
 W. J. Christian School         Email:  mlbuchan @ scott.net
 725 Mountain Drive             http://www.scott.net/~mlbuchan/
 Birmingham, AL  35206          http://www.bhm.k12.al.us/~wjc/

  W. J. Christian School is a Birmingham, Alabama public school.
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