Swimming Compaq

January 14, 2005

Did you ever have one of those installation when what every you did it just didn't work out. I did. I was testing a year ago my slim line Compaq computer. This was a used PC and it was working wonderfully for me. I have a few computers that run in the outdoors but they are protected from rain. They are not protected from the temperature or wind. 

Well with this installation I decided that a inexpensive plastic large container should easily stop the rain from getting in. The unit was located on a balcony of an apartment building. The owner used the container as a drink stand for himself. You know dual role MeshAP and Drink stand. The owner notice one day that the plastic was getting hot so the owner open the container to let the heat out. He left it open for a few days, then weeks. I notice in Wiana that my unit stop working. So I went to investigate it. Lets say it was swimming in a mixture of Coke, Rain Water and something that smelt like Rye. 

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I remember a story of a guy who dried out his components and the unit work. So I unplug the thing and took it back to the Lab to dry it out. Well sure enough. It worked - it actually work for a few days. When it came back on line then it started to smell. What and odour! Then finally, it just stopped working. 

I tried to salvage the parts ram, hard drive etc. Nothing but nothing worked. I think it was the Coke.

 

 
 
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