Should I be worried...

[Bob Schroeck]

...that I've been getting a whiff of ozone off my computer? I first noticed it about noontime yesterday. After shutting down the system and cleaning up a
bit around it, I restarted it -- less than an hour down -- and I didn't smell anything for the rest of the day. I left it running overnight and it was
fine when I woke up. (But it seemed to have crashed or locked up while I was taking Peggy to work, and I had to cold boot it again -- fortunately, Win 7
remembered exactly what I had open and to where, and put me right back there again.) Now, about three hours later, I suddenly smell that whiff of ozone again.
I can't really localize it -- I smell it as much or more in the air over the case as in the case proper. I suspect -- without much evidence except that
the smell is in the top of the case, mostly -- that maybe my semidead DVD-ROM burner might be doing it; I'm going to unhook its wiring next time I shut
down the system. But beyond that, I'm kind of at a loss. Any suggestions, warnings. etc.? Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Dragonflight]

Ozone, mostly from the top of the case?

Power supply. At least, I'd lean heavily in that direction, anyway. How's the P/S cooling fan doing? Does it spin regularly or stop? And how's the
heat coming off the P/S?
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

[Bob Schroeck]

The power supply is cool to the touch and the fan spins continuously.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

Update: no ozone smell for the past two days. Your guess is as good as mine.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Logan Darklighter]

This reminds me that the original meaning of the term "bug" came from the fact that in the days of ENIAC and the great big old vacuum tube computers
a bug was literal. In other words, it could easily be an insect like a spider or a roach that wandered into the computer and got zap-fried and was causing a
short. That's why they established clean room protocols and the like.

It's really VERY rare these days, but occasionally, just occasionally, a tiny insect might wander into your box and get fried by the power supply.

[Bob Schroeck]

I suppose then the fact that I thoroughly went over the PC -- including as much of the power supply innards as I could hit -- with a can of compressed air
right after the last ozone incident is likely to be relevant, then.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.