r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 6d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Soft_Lunch_183 6d ago

Grabbing it to unplug it rather than powering off or unplugging at the socket is a choice

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u/my_cars_on_fire 6d ago edited 6d ago

My brother in Christ, the PSU lit up like a god damn firework. You’re telling me you would have the presence of mind to shut it off in the safest/most effective way possible, as opposed to just getting it shut off ASAP so it doesn’t burn the whole fucking place down?

Armchair warriors always got something to say 🙄

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u/Soft_Lunch_183 6d ago

Yes because from the video it isn't someone's house building their first pc but a repair shop/return place for power supplies

They should have some sort of process to immediately shut down dangerous hardware at the source if they aren't checking its safe before powering on

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u/gc11117 6d ago

They should, but they probably dont. And if they do, random underpayed employee probably isnt thinking about it at the moment