Author Topic: sometimes a stuffton of smoke comes out of my pc (but it doesnt explode)  (Read 2474 times)

like it only does this about every month and it smells horrible when it does happen. I dont know what the stuff is wrong with it but i do know that it does this sometimes, im probably just overeacting but should i worry about this or not. (its done it about like 2 times now)



you're not overreacting, computers aren't supposed to start smoking. you could seriously damage your computer's components if you let it continue. if it happens again, try to take a picture of it.
is your computer properly ventilated? one or two fans for the case cooling should be fine as long as you also have fans on your CPU and GPU, and to be extra careful you want heat spreaders on your ram:

most ram sticks/prebuilt PCs come with heat spreaders when you buy them. mine don't because i bought them secondhand, but my PC doesn't overheat.

That happens with capacitors blow up. You should check your PC for any blown capacitors. Could also be the PSU.

Get off your PC right now before it blows up in your face.

Your power supply is going to stuff.

Watch videos on how to replace a power supply, save up, and do it yourself

It was just celebrating 4/20

sometimes a stuffton of smoke comes out of my pc
im probably just overeacting
yeah you definitely are. you can go ahead and lock the topic now that we've established there's no cause for concern.

Your power supply is going to stuff.

Watch videos on how to replace a power supply, save up, and do it yourself

Bruh it could literally be anything, my first reaction is something is loving melting or burning if there's smoke coming out.

are you using a cheap generic power supply in your system? if so, then that's probably a bad idea

open it up and wait until you know where the smoke is coming out of. Maybe you'll want to hide behind a ballistic shield if the smoke is a symptom of something worse.

how the forget does a computer smoke?!??! not saying the op is lying or anything but how the forget can that happen without it breaking

tbh its probably the power supply

why would you think youre overreacting
motherloving SMOKE is coming from your computer, do you think your computer just has a tobacco addiction or some stuff?



Make sure you didn't put a picture in your PC