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N4, Engine blows during pace lap, Literally

gaul..

N4, Engine blows during pace lap, Literally

by gaul.. » Sun, 20 May 2001 04:41:02

Well, last night I decided to go upstairs to do a little racing.
Anyways, I started up NASCAR 4 and went to Talladega and started with
a practice run, I like to start with a quick practice to make sure
that my Act Labs force RS w/pedals & shifter are calibrated correctly.
So, after a quick practice I go to start a race and while driving the
pace lap I am scrubbing the tires and shifting through the gears when
I notice that the car is acting strange, jumping around the track
while holding the wheel straight, when I notice smoke coming up from
the car.  I'm thinking "what the he!!, how did I blow the engine?".
Then I look down and realize that its not the engine on the car that
is smokin, but the "PC Engine" on the Act Labs force RS.  When I
looked at it, it was glowing a bright yellow and ready to go up into
flames, so I reached over and yanked out the power plug to it.  Of
course the room smelt like frying electronic components and I can only
hope that it didn't toast my USB port on my motherboard.  I'll take a
better look at it this weekend.

If you have one of these wheels make sure you unplug the power from it
when your not using the computer.

Phaso

N4, Engine blows during pace lap, Literally

by Phaso » Sun, 20 May 2001 10:37:48

Great story. :)  Sucks about the wheel tho!

    -Phasor



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