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Subject: how hot is your virus?
Original Message 1/13 21-Nov-00 @ 01:08 AM - how hot is your virus?
thanks.
Message 2/13 21-Nov-00 @ 06:58 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
-Craig
Message 3/13 21-Nov-00 @ 08:05 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
the part that heats up is (surprise!) from the rear right corner, about 6'' left and 3'' down or so (i.e that's the area that gets warm)... basically around the power input.
so i'm not just paranoid. crap.
the reason i asked about the power supply is that on mine the cord from ac/dc box to virus is "loose" (i.e where it meets the box it _should_ be anchored (little plastic pyramid-thing) but appears to have popped out). haven't opened up the ac/dc box yet to see if there are any probs in there... any similar spec'd power supply should work, right?
anyway, i bought it used from a fairly big name (okay, a fairly big name in canadian experimental/minimal techno) and the guy _seemed_ totally cool, he's started up a label and chatted a bit with me, etc... of course i'm a trusting sucker, but i still don't think that there's anything wrong with the virus (this is the first prob. i've had). i'm guessing it's the power supply... damn, now i'm scared to turn it on again (since it's not supposed to get hot).
PLEASE HELP!!! i NEED this thing!
i honestly couldn't sleep last night... goddamnit, it's changed my life.
anyway, if someone could tell me about using a generic power supply, please, please do.
and thanks again.
Message 4/13 22-Nov-00 @ 09:00 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
so yours doesn't get warm at ALL around the power in?
Message 5/13 22-Nov-00 @ 09:22 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
replied... I'll test it out this
weekend after it's been on for a while
and let you know... One thing it could
be though is that my Virus is racked in
a studio rack with no enclosure - it's
basically just rails... So there's
nothing to stop heat dissipation. It
may indeed get warm if it's sitting on a
table...
-Craig
Message 6/13 24-Nov-00 @ 02:08 AM - RE: how hot is your virus?
Message 7/13 25-Nov-00 @ 06:17 AM - RE: how hot is your virus?
-Craig
Message 8/13 26-Nov-00 @ 09:40 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
hours. Part of it's back panel and on
the bottom the 3 inches close to the
back get it. I've never worried about it
though. It's not supposed to happen
but I'm convinced it won't hurt it. Am i
wrong?
Message 9/13 27-Nov-00 @ 02:22 PM - RE: how hot is your virus?
hours yesterday and not a hint of heat
coming from it. At all.
What this means, I don't know
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-Craig
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