Fire

Forum discussion tagged with Fire.
  1. B

    Question Testing systems after apartment smoke damage

    My apartment was the source of a fire which came from a small bedroom used as storage. I have a massive desktop system for Windows and a Mini-ITX cube for my Hackintosh, both located in the living room which was next to the small bedroom. The living room and other rooms only suffered smoke...
  2. PeteZapollo

    [SOLVED] Faulty fan caught fire - why didn't PSU short circuit protection kick in?

    Hi all, So a low-quality fan in my PC decided to stop spinning and eventually burnt out. With it, it burnt the cable all the way down to the molex connector. What I want to know is why the PC continued to stay on? The PSU is a Thermaltake 750W 80+ Gold so I don't believe the quality is at...
  3. cloudberrybob

    [SOLVED] Motherboard caught fire and now the system fan isn't working and the BIOS isn't showing up ?

    I was thinking of installing a new fan in my computer. I was checking what sort of connections my computer has and I noticed that my system fan is only a 3 pin even though my motherboard has a 4pin slot. I was checking out my PSU and I noticed that it has 3 molex slots and a 4pin input. Not an...
  4. UrNzWy

    Info EVGA 850W PSU Caught Fire - PSU Randomly Ignites!

    You know what's fun? Waking up to a house full of smoke, fire alarms going off and finding your desktop engulfed in flames.. That was a reality I never even though about until last Friday... Que 5:45AM in the morning. We live on a busy alley way where there are always garbage trucks...
  5. SpacemanSpiff92

    [SOLVED] House Fire, Now PC Not Booting

    Hey guys, Tragedy first - had a house fire ~ 2 months ago. Just now getting PC and monitor back from "specialists" who clean/check the electronics. The fire wasn't in my bedroom where the PC is, but they had to tear down the ceilings to make sure that the fire wasn't in the attic. The...
  6. B

    [SOLVED] PC shutdown and restarted and left spark trail on the floor

    Specs: RX 480 8GB i5-7600k 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/3000MHz GIGABYTE GA-Z270X-ULTRA GAMING ATX 850 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GQ 80 PLUS Gold I was just on YouTube and all of a sudden my PC shutdown and restarted back up immediately. But I noticed a burnt smell and looked down and saw a spark trail...
  7. N

    Question Motherboard BIOSTAR B450mh caught fire pls help.

    Hello, system specs: Motherboard: Biostar B450mh ver. 6 CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x GPU: GTX 1660 Zotac gaming RAM: DDR4: 2x8 gb, 2400 mhz PSU: 600W Falcon FLC - 600L The pc have been running for 2 months now without any problem. Suddenly yesterday in the middle of a fortnite game the screen turned...
  8. B

    [SOLVED] Building New PC, Small Fire, Questions [SOLVED]

    Built a New Computer, Small Fire, Need Advice [Final Update] Got a new motherboard, installed everything again (new cooler since the last two melted), and every thing works perfectly. Ran memtest overnight and didn't find any issues, CPU only gets to around 55c while gaming (Metro, Monster...
  9. H

    What is the cheapest way to convert an 80 pin SCSI drive to either SATA or USB?

    Hello! I recently obtained several SCSI 80 pin drives. I want to sell them, but before I do I want to determine the state (broken, used, new), and if they have any data on them. I am trying to find an adapter that will let me read the drives via either SATA or USB and perform a SMART test. I...
  10. G

    Will This Graphics Card Work In My PC

    Graphics Card https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NOP536Y/ref=s9_simh_gw_g147_i1_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=GZCPYZ408S55HB5Z43S4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=26de8ef0-2ad7-412c-8634-6cd03b7b73e2&pf_rd_i=desktop PC...
  11. H

    Star citizen is very slow

    So here is the deal star citizen is running so slow my processor is intel i5-4670k and my graphics card is Nvidia geforce 780 oc. I turned all of my settings on low and when i playing i would get 40-50 fps and then suddenly it ould drop to 1,2 fps all of a sudden and just freezes. If someone...
  12. FrostyClive

    Windows 10 and TP Link WN881ND

    I just got my new computer up and running. But I cannot access the internet. According to this, http://www.tp-link.com/en/article-15587.html, my adaptor, the WN881ND, is plug and play. Does that mean it does not need drivers to work? If so, why isn't it working?
  13. J

    What do you guys think of my spec for my first gaming rig?

    click on link to see spec http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Xz7HwP
  14. R

    Help with Crossfire with soundcard

    Hello, so this is not an intimidate issue, but one I discovered when putting in my sound card today. The PCIE slot is covered by the bottom half of the GPU, so if I were to add a second GPU, I would have to remove the sound card. Probably should have gone over the access points myself but as it...
  15. B

    Noctis 450 vs Phantom 410

    Hello, I am having a hard time deciding between either the Phantom 410 or the Noctis 450 in white. I really like the look of the phantom, but I want a bigger side window. I also really like the Noctis 450, but there are no 5.25 drive bays for optical drives and a fan controller. Do I really need...
  16. W

    Intel HD Graphics "Family" good for Mortal Kombat X?

    Would this game have any small chance at all for running on an Intel Graphics card, with 4GB RAM and 450 Memory?
  17. Invisipixel

    Need A Good Build

    Hey I need a good gaming PC around this price range. Correct me if I'm wrong but this pc can handle 3 monitors, streaming with shadowplay, minecraft at max settings and shaders, modded Skyrim with ENBs and a ton of script heavy mods like SkyRe and Helgen Reborn to name a few(really important)...
  18. G

    Worried two important questions about upgrading

    1.So im considering currently getting a new graphics card and power supply which is EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2. and a Corsair CP-9020048-UK Builder Series CX 600W Power Supply. Will they fit into my case...
  19. exfileme

    Myst Is Becoming A TV Series

    Could this be another Lost TV series? Myst Is Becoming A TV Series : Read more