Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

[mockingbird]

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12129.html

Hazard: A defect in an internal component in the power supply can overheat and pose a fire hazard.

Anyone care to speculate?

[ratdude747]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

5vsb issues?

[Topcat]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

To cause a fire, it'd have to be some kind of SCR or possibly a resistor....I've never seen a failing cap flame up....... would be interesting to know what's going poof in there... I had a bunch of early LGA775 thinkcenter boards in for repair a couple years ago, each and every one of then had FET's that were roasted beyond recognition. Didn't get a single one of them working.

[ratdude747]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

To cause a fire, it'd have to be some kind of SCR or possibly a resistor....I've never seen a failing cap flame up....... would be interesting to know what's going poof in there... I had a bunch of early LGA775 thinkcenter boards in for repair a couple years ago, each and every one of then had FET's that were roasted beyond recognition. Didn't get a single one of them working.

IIRC that is where all of those 2.8ghz P4's you had to "liquidate" came from?

[b700029]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

http://www.txcesssurplus.com/servlet...kCentre/Detail

I don't think it has a 5Vsb. Looks like a laptop-style 19V-only output.

Weight: 0.00 lb

Gutless wonder?

[Topcat]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

IIRC that is where all of those 2.8ghz P4's you had to "liquidate" came from?

Yea, and some dell gx280's that had the 'turbo fan' syndrome. I have more of those damn processors too...they're essentially worthless today, but I just can't bear throwing them away.

[Uranium-235]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

'FET' is the first thing I thought

I would ebay the 2.8's in bulk. keep the 3.0+'s if you had a customer you could 'convince' to do a processor upgrade

[ben7]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

So, anyone have any of these PSUs to investigate?

-Ben

[ratdude747]

Re: Lenovo to recall Thinkcenter Desktops due to fire hazard

Yea, and some dell gx280's that had the 'turbo fan' syndrome. I have more of those damn processors too...they're essentially worthless today, but I just can't bear throwing them away.

They are not worthless... My 3ghz 533fsb no-HT 775 p4 is more worthless... heck, thats what the one you sent ended up replacing for a while (until I got a 3ghz 800fsb HT one with EMT64)...