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Wat. I can't see dust causing that. Most hardware has overheat/over current protection. Dust alone can't cause a PC to catch fire. I've seen PC's 3" deep in a thick layer of dust and swarf being used in workshops and none have ever caught fire.

This...that looks lime a short to me...
 
Dust + someone who smokes or vapes, can cause a gross, and very flammable goop to build up inside the PSU etc. PSU overheats, and the goop sets on fire, then it just spreads using dust, hair etc.

PSU's have a thermal shutdown. and that one looks fine.
 
if it was they would have law suit on hands.... Kinda sold us AMD as being supported till 2020.
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-confirms-am4-socket-support-future-ryzen-processors-2020

that was Selling point for me. If it was not the deal I would have went with Intel again.
Probably will work but are motherboard manufacturers obligated to update the BIOS to accommodate them?

Whilst on this subject anybody know which mobo maker has the best track record for supplying updates for their older eol boards?
 
Probably will work but are motherboard manufacturers obligated to update the BIOS to accommodate them?

Whilst on this subject anybody know which mobo maker has the best track record for supplying updates for their older eol boards?

Asus has the best historic support based on them making the CH4 work with Bulldozer.
 
PSU's have a thermal shutdown. and that one looks fine.

Yes PSU's do have thermal shutdown, but it only needs a single component to overheat near said goop for it to catch, I have seen the results of said fire(s) first hand. Bad ventilation, plus neglect, and poor environmental conditions = fire

However it could have been a short on one of the PSU cables, or a hard drive etc.
 
If you look for it it look's like the fire started at the bottom in the Hard Drive Bay, that's the most fire damaged and the rest of the damage seems to be spread from there.
 
If you look for it it look's like the fire started at the bottom in the Hard Drive Bay, that's the most fire damaged and the rest of the damage seems to be spread from there.
I just thought that looking closely at the pic. Wouldn't be the first time SATA power connector on a HDD burnt out.
 
Dad had a hard drive melt last week , Sara power cable completely melted itself onto the drive . Crazy how this starts , luckily he killed the power after smelling the funk. He's on a quality if not maybe aging seasonic platform
 
Heres some good goop..

My Neglected Corsair HX520, 6 years and 'just about' still working. :D

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This made me buy the EVGA i have now ;)
 
We're going off topic here. Have we officially run out of things to bitch about before the Zen2 launch? :p Just over a week to go. Going to be a very long week.
 
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