Rig Up Inflames

gline

Woke up this morning @ 5am to my main rig inflames. I heard a bit of an explosion and woke up, room was full of smoke and i could see a glow coming out of the pc, had to drag it out of my flat shaking like crazy. Lucky i woke up, the smoke alarm didnt go off and the fuses didnt blow or trip the main switch.

Weird thing was it wasnt even switched on. On inspection after the flames died down it looks like the soundcard went up inflames, hard to tell really. Looks like the x800pro and the audigy are gone and maybe mobo Im gonna check them out when i go home, bloody black soot like **** all over my flat and smell of burning plastic.

Scarey stuff

Awell could have been worse.............. TIME TO UPGRADE I THINK

Nukem

Lucky escape:eek: .
Could have been a hell of a lot worse.
Condolences to your poor computer,but at least you lived to tell the tale-bet you getting new smoke alarms now!

Nukem

unkel

Sorry for your troubles, at least you're ok

I'd sure like to know what caused it, especially as the PC was switched off - scary!

WizZard

Horrible. Glad to hear you're ok though!

Nasty thing to happen, I'd love to know how though, especially since it was switched off.

zAbbo

Always unplug devices not in use, and invest in a good multi plug

Too late i know

gline

bazH wrote:

Always unplug devices not in use, and invest in a good multi plug

Too late i know

it was plugged into an anti-surge plug

gline

the souncard looked the worst damaged, so i am assuming that it was the soundcard

dubdvd

if i was you glen i'd get on to creative and tell them what happened and see is there any thing they can or should do ..ur down a lot of money ....

but your blessed it was'nt worse .cos it could have been very very nasty ...

MR DAZ

I know this might sound a bit strange......

But could ya post up pics of the system... give us an ole gander


Sorry again for your loss!

dubdvd

i told you about overclocking your soundcard with that machII of yours lol


i had to throw that in sorry

gline

yep il post pics. there is no way of proving what caused it as the dangerden block was melted and leaking. But i dont think a leak caused it as the water tank was still nearly full and the fire didnt seem to start there. u should see the waterblock, its melted to bits. i think the pc came on some how by itself and the gpu may have overheated and melted the waterblock and that started the fire, cuz the waterpump is controlled by a seperate psu so that wouldnt have come on.

gline

dubdvd wrote:

i told you about overclocking your soundcard with that machII of yours lol


i had to throw that in sorry

good one, not even -50 can keep my oc'd chips cool

Sherifu

Wow, time to buy a few more smoke alarms and as another poster said turn off all the plugs. I've started recently turning off everything when im not using it.
Lucky escape for you.

gline

rkm wrote:

Wow, time to buy a few more smoke alarms and as another poster said turn off all the plugs. I've started recently turning off everything when im not using it.
Lucky escape for you.

yeh il have to buy a new smoke alarm. and the pc was turned off, i never leave that 1 on at nite as its a flat and im in the same room as it

Endurance Man

Crisis, your pc is a suicide bomber , i reckon it connected to the net and was given orders to self destruct

gline

Endurance Man wrote:

Crisis, your pc is a suicide bomber , i reckon it connected to the net and was given orders to self destruct

those damn trojans, errrrr :mad: lol

Dundhoone

scary stuff, sorry to hear about losing your pc, sounds like you had a lucky escape alright

Sounds like your surge protection was faulty, I mean apart from that the only thing storing a decent charge would be the power supply, I wonder if it went faulty could it have discharged enough juice to light something up? had you the machine on late last night?

I had a similar late night lucky escape involving a female flatmate, an smelly oil burner thing and some very flammable teddy bears a few years ago.........

Inquitus

Commisserations Gline,

What do ya reckon you can salvage? MachII and maybe CPU and RAM if yer lucky..........

So the PC was off but the Mobo etc were on powered up?

Inqui

gline

Inquitus wrote:

Commisserations Gline,

What do ya reckon you can salvage? MachII and maybe CPU and RAM if yer lucky..........

So the PC was off but the Mobo etc were on powered up?

Inqui

basically the rig was shutdown (well so i thought) maybe windows hung shutting down and it didnt shutdown properly. Id say i can salvage -hdds, dvdrw drive, cpu, mach II, maybe psu and maybe mobo but i doubt it. I HOPE it didnt damage the mach II thats the most expensive part

zuma

Take a load of pics please and post in thumbnails as I would really like to see what damage was caused as I know snow people who leave their PC's on for days on end and this might scare the shít out of them!!

Sorry for your loss....hard drives going up in flames scare me the most as the data is very difficult to replace.

gline

zuma wrote:

Take a load of pics please and post in thumbnails as I would really like to see what damage was caused as I know snow people who leave their PC's on for days on end and this might scare the shít out of them!!

Sorry for your loss....hard drives going up in flames scare me the most as the data is very difficult to replace.

yeh lucky i have the 2 hdds in it backed up. but i dont know wether the hdds would survive as the case is full of black soot like material.

Lump

You've gotten plenty of symphathy so I don't feel bad going HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA


John

BadCharlie

Even though you have it off but still pluged in it will be still using power. They say up to 20% from just been pluged in, well thats what the add said on TV.

Sorry for your loss but as stated it could have been alot worse.

One poster said he plugs out everything when finished i think i might do the same!

gline

BadCharlie wrote:

Even though you have it off but still pluged in it will be still using power. They say up to 20% from just been pluged in, well thats what the add said on TV.

Sorry for your loss but as stated it could have been alot worse.

One poster said he plugs out everything when finished i think i might do the same!

ah yeh it could have been a lot worse, if the carpet or curtains went up i would have been screwed.

awell, this loss is really just gonna force me to upgrade again, i will be back with a better rig now

mp3guy

Yeah, pics would be good, and finding out what the cause was... i think i'll be flicking the PSU switch to 'off' tonight.

Inquitus

How much damage in yoyos do you reckon yer gonna have to swallow? Looking like at least a grand from here........any chance you can claim on the flat insurance?

Inqui

gline

Inquitus wrote:

How much damage in yoyos do you reckon yer gonna have to swallow? Looking like at least a grand from here........any chance you can claim on the flat insurance?

Inqui

what flat insurence?? LOL. id say so far defo 400yoyos of damage,i actually dont know exactly how much, i need a spare agp card to see if i can boot up the pc to see if mobo is gone, anyone wana lend me one, can be any old piece of ****, like a radeon 7000 or somethin.

The Real B-man

No the Pc's are rebellion has begun i knew my psu had it in for me :eek:

gline

The Real B-man wrote:

No the Pc's are rebellion has begun i knew my psu had it in for me :eek:

hehehe, now my pc is gonna pay for scaring the **** out of it, if the mobo is still working, im gonna volt mod it and overclock the **** out of it even more than it was, hahahah.... machines will never win against us humans.... or will they

po0k

I don't suppose you had your PC set to power on after AC loss did you?

And why didn't you have the PC psu and the WC psu PS-ON pins connected?

Your PC lived and died by the watery sword

Inquitus

You got receipts? You could always try an RMA

gline

SyxPak wrote:

I don't suppose you had your PC set to power on after AC loss did you?

And why didn't you have the PC psu and the WC psu PS-ON pins connected?

Your PC lived and died by the watery sword

it "should" have been set to power off after ac loss but im not 100% on that. And i dont think it wass the WC that caused this, looks like a faulty part or something

TerrorFirmer

Geez, thats harsh.

You act like its no big deal, If I lost my x800 and other parts in a mystery fire I'd be absolutely raging (no pun there lol)

I do, however, leave my PC on 24/7 - hasn't been turned off in several weeks. Maybe its time to actually turn the beast off before I go to sleep...

galwaydude18

Jaysus if that woz my rig id be going absolutly ape s***e!

gline

galwaydude18 wrote:

Jaysus if that woz my rig id be going absolutly ape s***e![/QUOTE

no point really as whats done is done, no point stressing over it, il just be cautious in the future,

and SyxPak can u send me instructions on how to have the PC psu and the WC psu PS-ON pins connected as it would be handy for the future rig.

well im gonna test all the parts and see whats working tonight and sell the undamaged ones (the ones that werent affected at all)

mp3guy

Your comp could have booted up by the network, check if network power on is enabled in the BIOS. I've seen my PC just boot up on its own for no reason before.

BloodBath

Man that sucks. It could have been a lot worse though. I don't suppose you know any fire detectives who can trace how fires started? Hehe it would be interesting to know. I know these kind of events are really rare but it would put you off using water cooling. I'd only use a non conductive liquid if I was to use it.

gline

BloodBath wrote:

Man that sucks. It could have been a lot worse though. I don't suppose you know any fire detectives who can trace how fires started? Hehe it would be interesting to know. I know these kind of events are really rare but it would put you off using water cooling. I'd only use a non conductive liquid if I was to use it.

but the whole point being it probably wasnt the watercooling that did it as the water tank was near full after the fire, the tubing was still intact, not 1 hole or tear in it, just the waterblock was melted and leaking after the fire

Inquitus

We want pics )

gline

Check this folder for pics

ftp://screenshots:screenshots@83.141.66.207/burn/

Inquitus

Having had a chance to look at it what's the assessment? - Mobo didn't look to healthy, and alot of sooty sh!t everywhere......

gline

Inquitus wrote:

Having had a chance to look at it what's the assessment? - Mobo didn't look to healthy, and alot of sooty sh!t everywhere......

well audigy 2 is defo gone, threw that in the bin, im gonna test the x800 and the pc later, maybe tomorrow, pretty busy at the moment

gline

ok well mach 2 is fine it gets to -40 odd and keeps the temp, the psu seems fine as it is supplying voltage and pc boots but no visual - so either cpu, mobo or x800 are gone or all of them
gonna try the x800 on another pc now in a mo

not to bad though, cool

Lump

You're a crap photographer by the looks of those photos.

John

gline

Lump wrote:

You're a crap photographer by the looks of those photos.

John

ah il blame it on the camera

good news the x800 is dead which may mean everything else is intact, i can rma the x800 like i did lastime when i modded the athlon xp hsf on to it and scratched the card. Ati are pretty cool about rmaing stuff

gline

request for the rma of the x800pro has been sent off anyway, have to pay €60 to get it couriered to canada, but hey thats not too bad

Irishpimpdude

no damage to the monitor then? are you keeping it for your new rig??

gline

Irishpimpdude wrote:

no damage to the monitor then? are you keeping it for your new rig??

ah yeh monitors fine , i will be keeping it. I will probably be selling the x800pro if they give me a replacement, so it will be a brand new one if anyone is interested, gonna invest in something with more power, lets hope crossfire is out soon

Irishpimpdude

how for the x800 much gline?

gline

Irishpimpdude wrote:

how for the x800 much gline?

well i was just looking at prices there and the cheapest i can see one for new is about €300 and thats by getting it in the USA, komplett is roughly the same, so id say roughly €200, but i dnt know, as i dnt know wether ati will rma it again for me

Irishpimpdude

kk i need to invest some money in this computer after i go to ibiza, its so crap lol! do you know alot about pc's gline??? if so could you help me out in the topic i made????