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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1576
Location: MTL Police: stay out ma bizness
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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: My computer exploded |
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So yesterday I'm vacuuming my computer area, which is littered with power bars, extension cords, usb/coaxial/broadband cables and is generally an unsafe area.
After finishing cleaning up, I plug the computer back in and turn it on, when it suddenly shuts off again. Confused, I push the on button again, while leaning forward to get a glimpse inside (my computer case is transparent). As soon as I get close, sparks come flying out the back and thick black smoke jets from the power supply vent. Fearing my eyebrows were singed off, I instinctively fling myself backwards, and am sent sprawling.
Luckily it was just the power supply frying, and I was able to get it to the repair store in time (the same store that custom built my PC). I just got it back now, and it's purring like a kitten, and the hard drive (and my 40GB music collection) is saved. Believe it or not I had a 3-year full parts and service warranty, so I'm taking this bad boy in for a new video card next week.
The lesson? Don't have 25 things plugged into four outlets within a few feet of each other.
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Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 3222
Location: Sweetest lid in the league
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: My computer exploded |
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| 2 Girls, 1 E.L., 1 Cup wrote: |
The lesson? Don't have 25 things plugged into four outlets within a few feet of each other. |
Power supplies are always going, fire hazard away dude!
What PS did they put in it?
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the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, but not
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1666
Location: I'm here, aren't I?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: My computer exploded |
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| 2 Girls, 1 E.L., 1 Cup wrote: |
| The lesson? Don't have 25 things plugged into four outlets within a few feet of each other. |
 I'll have to post a picture of the mess that is the back of my a/v cabinet for you...
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Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1247
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I know change power supplies more than tires.
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Cannots Luvah
Mike Weaver jersey on order
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 952
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I had to post caz I remembered reading this last week and I was going to recommend the PSU I bought and then you guessed it , perfect timing.. this past weekend my PSU fried up. My pc wouldnt boot , got the blue screen of death , a couple more boot attempts then complete shutdown and I smelled burning electronics and unplugged it. Ironic caz my old Dell flopped on me caz of a crappy PSU , so when I built this one I made sure to invest into a quality PSU!
ANyhoo , Im going to pick up this Antec 500W 80Plus PSU on sale for $60 on the way home. My old one was an Enermax 535W All-in-One models , it got great reviews but mine only lasted under 2 years. |
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Cannots Luvah
Mike Weaver jersey on order
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 952
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I finally installed my new PSU , I start it up , still shorts out... so I hold onto the power button , my video card actually caught on fire. Small little one(size of a lighter/matches) and it went out soon as I powered off. I have never seen that shit before , I've heard about PC's catching on fire... crazy. So now Im in the market for new Videocards,, even though only one shorted out( I was SLIing , using two cards) and its still more than good enough for TF2 , I got an excuse to splurge a little. Plus the 8800GT's are $170 for a 320mb version.. cheaper than my current cards.
Turns out my PSU was ok , so I recommend Enermax again! lol |
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