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by Rd6n6 1803 days ago
It was actually a decent power supply, maybe 5-7 years old, good ratings etc. Cleaned dust and hair out every season or so with compressed air.

Might leave my home computers powered off from now on when I’m not using them.

…my brand new smoke detectors didn’t go off
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atarikraken 1803 days ago
Damn that's scary. What PSU + model was it? I might have to cross that off my mental safe list :D
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Rd6n6 1803 days ago
Corsair something something. I’ll find the model tomorrow. Might not have been the psu though. My laptop charger is busted too and my laptop trackpad is acting up now. They shared an outlet. Both used surge protectors though
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Rd6n6 1800 days ago
In case anyone is curious: it was the video card. A capacitor I think. Potentially caused by the psu but the fire was the gpu…
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