Might. Depends on where it is. Might just take out one subsystem.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
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> If it was a capacitor on the mainboard would the computer continue to
> function after blowing the crud out?/
> Jim K//
> /Garl Grigsby wrote:
>
> >
If it was a capacitor on the mainboard would the computer continue to
function after blowing the crud out?/
Jim K//
/Garl Grigsby wrote:
You may have blown a capacitor. Open up the machine and see. It would
be fairly obvious. I can't see how this could be caused by ubuntu.
Must likely a coinc
You may have blown a capacitor. Open up the machine and see. It would be
fairly obvious. I can't see how this could be caused by ubuntu. Must likely
a coincident. If it was on the radio, at least it's easy to replace. I might
have a spare wireless radio around here somewhere. Odds are it was on th
waxy paper?
Jim K
Allen Brown wrote:
What does it smell like?
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> No it was powdery like ashes. Possibly paper ash?
> Jim K
> Garl Grigsby wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless
>>> card. When I tried to start th
No it was powdery like ashes. Possibly paper ash?
Jim K
Garl Grigsby wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless
card. When I tried to start the wireless connection I heard a pop and
the laptop stopped working. There was a bunch of white c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless
card. When I tried to start the wireless connection I heard a pop and
the laptop stopped working. There was a bunch of white crud on the
hole over the fan after blowing out with compressed air the laptop
The card looks okay. After taking off the screws on the bottom and
lifting up the bottom as much as possible the
only area that looked like it had been involved was by the fan,
Jim K
Mr O wrote:
You could at least pop the cover off the bottom over the mPCI
card and see if anything is cooked. F
You could at least pop the cover off the bottom over the mPCI
card and see if anything is cooked. Find out if it is just the
card or not.
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx
> wireless
> card. When I tried to start the
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop with a broadcom 43xx wireless
card. When I tried to start the wireless connection I heard a pop and
the laptop stopped working. There was a bunch of white crud on the hole
over the fan after blowing out with compressed air the laptop works but
the wireless i
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