Up in smoke
January 17th, 2007 | by Joe |The original power supply for my October 2004 12″ PowerBook caught on fire last night. It was pretty interesting. First I smelled a bit of smoke and wondered where the hell that could be coming from. Then I saw the crackling where the cable joined the power converter unit. Apparently all that movement over the years had worn out this stress point, and it shorted out. It made a little puff of smoke and a minor flame before I quickly unplugged it.
The power supply I’m using now is Yingwen’s - this one has survived many abuses from the kids, but still sort of fits in the socket.
Boy a new MagSafe-enabled MacBook sounds nice…
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