> release-the-magic-smoke catastrophic
What's your source for the first part of this phrase?
What's your source for the first part of this phrase?
Dave Jones has a good video on it (well series to a degree): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoeVNaz7KGc
Magic smoke is injected into electronic components at the factory, in order to make them work. If you let the smoke escape the package, your part has failed permanently. But as long as the smoke remains inside, there is still a chance you can repair any failure by cooling the part off for a while.