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| My motherboard caught on fire. (And has now died. Choosing new one.) |
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| Game master pro:
it's ok that's meant to happen, it's a feature. |
| Amade:
--- Quote from: Game master pro on October 06, 2009, 12:53:18 AM ---it's ok that's meant to happen, it's a feature. --- End quote --- Spontaneous combustion is now a standard feature in computers? |
| Nightmare-Duckie:
why put out the fire when you could take pictures for the interwebs :cookieMonster: |
| Rughugger:
It's possible for sparks to jump over random circuits from time to time. It's possible that this was just a random surge and a spark jumped the wrong connection. Clean off the area as best as possible with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. Let it dry for about an hour (or overnight since you'll be sleeping and not tempted to use the PC) and try again in the morning. That should eliminate the chance that it will repeat the problem and cause serious damage to your motherboard. Do the same with the sound board connections as well. Might as well be thorough. |
| jordguitar:
--- Quote from: Rughugger on October 06, 2009, 02:20:17 AM ---It's possible for sparks to jump over random circuits from time to time. It's possible that this was just a random surge and a spark jumped the wrong connection. Clean off the area as best as possible with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. Let it dry for about an hour (or overnight since you'll be sleeping and not tempted to use the PC) and try again in the morning. That should eliminate the chance that it will repeat the problem and cause serious damage to your motherboard. Do the same with the sound board connections as well. Might as well be thorough. --- End quote --- Dont do that. Sparks are bad. Fire is bad. Smoke is bad. Anything that shouldnt be happening on a mobo is bad. Nothing can fix it unless you send it in for repairs or get it replaced. |
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