Tehel
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I wanted to share with you the adventures (and quite certainly end of active life) of my CC Pandora.
Most of my house burned on monday Sept. 2, seemingly because of an old multiplug. No-one was present nor injured and all the losses are just furnitures, Books, electronics, well, all you'd expect to find in a living room and kitchen. Among all this, and very well-placed to attend the event, my Pandora.
It got quite some heat and is partly melted. I first thought it was fatally damaged and my attention went elsewhere (there was a lot of loss inventory to do, as you'd expect). A few hours later, I came back and noticed that the power LED was actually on. I opened it with some difficulty (as the hinge is a bit melted too) and found that it was indeed on, quietly waiting for someone to play with.
The front panel is so melted that the power and sound controls won't move again (the only way to boot it is to insert the battery), but the SDCards are still perfectly extractable (and readable). The keyboard will only have very random action (I suspect the underlying keymat was damaged) and the nubs are very hard to work with, but do work, albeit quite randomly. The screen is not sensitive anymore at all, but still displays what it should, with very pale colours and a brown corner.
Here are some pictures I took, so that you get a better idea of how it is now.
So I guess the board is still in work condition, and the battery (not melted at all, nor are any of its stickers, as they were protected by the unit itelf) is still usable. Everything else should probably be replaced. I think I'll go for a full new 1GHz replacement.
So I case you're wondering can a Pandora survive a burning house, in my case the answer is no
Most of my house burned on monday Sept. 2, seemingly because of an old multiplug. No-one was present nor injured and all the losses are just furnitures, Books, electronics, well, all you'd expect to find in a living room and kitchen. Among all this, and very well-placed to attend the event, my Pandora.
It got quite some heat and is partly melted. I first thought it was fatally damaged and my attention went elsewhere (there was a lot of loss inventory to do, as you'd expect). A few hours later, I came back and noticed that the power LED was actually on. I opened it with some difficulty (as the hinge is a bit melted too) and found that it was indeed on, quietly waiting for someone to play with.
The front panel is so melted that the power and sound controls won't move again (the only way to boot it is to insert the battery), but the SDCards are still perfectly extractable (and readable). The keyboard will only have very random action (I suspect the underlying keymat was damaged) and the nubs are very hard to work with, but do work, albeit quite randomly. The screen is not sensitive anymore at all, but still displays what it should, with very pale colours and a brown corner.
Here are some pictures I took, so that you get a better idea of how it is now.






So I guess the board is still in work condition, and the battery (not melted at all, nor are any of its stickers, as they were protected by the unit itelf) is still usable. Everything else should probably be replaced. I think I'll go for a full new 1GHz replacement.
So I case you're wondering can a Pandora survive a burning house, in my case the answer is no