Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!sethcohn From: sethcohn@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (seth cohn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Another reason not to.... Message-ID: Date: 13 Jan 91 17:57:29 GMT Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. Lines: 32 just thought of another reason why people shouldn't go inside a mac.. 1) as I said High voltage - there is enough voltage in a crt even with the power OFF and unplugged to stop your heart - Apple makes a very big deal of this during service training especially the older macs - they hold charge for DAYS after the is unplugged ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK YOUR LIFE TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY??? 2) the neck of the crt is fragile and in taking out a logic board you MUST REACH behind the crt and PULL on a cable..... even the best of us have bad days but if you've never done it before (and even if you have) I find that most blown crt are caused by customers snapping the neck off while puttinmg memory into their machine Crts have a vacuum which can implode causing glass to fly all over ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK YOUR FACE AND EYES TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY???? As a service tech - I deal with this stuff all the time - I have experience and tools and knowledge to protect myself - let alone fix the machine please...... DON't GO INSIDE your machine.... for your own SAKE... If you must.... Be carefull in there!!!!!! sincerely, Seth Seth Cohn - Ithaca NY - POB 671 - (607)273-2815 (eves) Mac Service Tech to The Stars and most major Planets The Highest Form Of Service Is Anarchy In The Defense Of The Self