Holy Smokes!!

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Shawn
nice. the PSU still works too?

Interesting that there was that much current draw and the PSU didn't trip and it survived.

i don't know how either. same thing happened to me once but the fire stopped because the PSU fried.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Shawn
nice. the PSU still works too?

Interesting that there was that much current draw and the PSU didn't trip and it survived.

i don't know how either. same thing happened to me once but the fire stopped because the PSU fried.

My motherboard caught fire at the store when i was testing a new video card. it turns out the psu was bad and it killed my 2 day old video card...

 

[jonnyGURU]

Wow! Those wire look just like the front USB header wires I see after someone hooks them up incorrectly. 😱

 

[FeuerFrei]

Is that an ASUS motherboard??

 

[AdamSnow]

Those arent my nails - they are my fathers... I'll relay the message... 😉

 

[Chunkee]

user error

 

[bootymac]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Looks like the work of Trogdor. Definite burnination.

BURNATING ALL THE PEOPLE... THATCH ROOF COTTAGESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
user error

That is correct... 🙁

Built this system in December - took this long for it to cause a problem and arc...

 

[eLiu]

hehe i had a similar experience except my fire was b/c I was a retard and plugged teh floppy cable in backwards.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
Put it out with water and blame AMD!

- DessertCart

lol...now that was a great thread

 

[HamburgerBoy]

What brand of power supply is it?

 

[Ricemarine]

Just shows how something minor can do some major damage.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
What brand of power supply is it?

It is a 4 month old "Ultra X-Connect" PSU... it still works - I just had to remove that link from it...

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
what caused the fire?

if you read the thread you would know.

And if you read, you would know the PSU still worked :evil:

Get off the man's back.

he only said that he was using the computer again. he never said whether he replaced the PSU or not. 😛

Not to beat a dead horse but to me, saying he saved the machine means exactly that, nothing had to be replaced...

"My quick reaction really saved this machine - the wire was burnt about 3/4 the way up to the power supply where it would have surely done some major damage... "

 

[SagaLore]

Happened to me before - the power supply connector charred and fused to the motherboard. I had to replace both.

 

[Stumps]

meh, i see it all the time at work, especially the PC's of so called "home technicians" who try to modify their PSU for what ever purposes..and then try to blame the manufacturer when their modified PSU blows up and kills every component in their PC...jeez I like to laugh at them

 

[hevnsnt]

.....feaverishly recreating your fathers fingerprints

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
.....feaverishly recreating your fathers fingerprints

hahaha 🙂 I was surprised at that... these are the first macro pictures I have taken with this new camera...

Kodak DX7630... works pretty good!!!