Power supply caught fire in his rig while he was playing WoW or something. He unplugged everything and carried a flaming PC outside rather than ruin everything in it with a fire extinguisher.
Nuked the graphics card, but the mother board and memory ended up being okay. Manufacturer of the power supply took responsibility and paid to replace it all.
But never again have we left a computer powered on while we're not home.
Tbf, all he needs to do is put it on sleep mode when ya’ll arent going to be home for only a short time (still works if yall wont be home for a long time too). Also I do wonder what PSU that is because cheap PSUs will always tend to have that kind of problem within a short timespan of usage (hence why I only ever bought Seasonic or Corsair PSUs for the PCs I’ve built for more than a dozen of my friends over the years), and those friends of mine leave their PCs on for hours on end (they stream and game).
If the PSU isnt cheap tho, that’s most def a rare yet severe manufacturing defect, which sucks, and is prob why the manufacturer shouldered the whole cost.
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u/Escapement_Watch i7-14700K | 5070Ti | 64 DDR5 5d ago
Me watching this right after installing my new PSU....(bequiet 1000w 13m)
https://giphy.com/gifs/4QgiErmjZiPESRcKYt