Fire!

[M0T]

I recently upgraded my computer to a conroe setup, and have just got around to putting the old stuff into my sisters pc.

Connected it all up (Xp2600, NF7-S) hit the power and I thought I smelled toast, then I saw smoke and finally flames jumping up from around the processor. Uhoh! Took the thing out to find this:

The PCB has seperated due to the heat.
Now from what I can see theres nothing in that are to catch fire (that capacitor appears fine), so what would cause that?

Luckily the processor is now sat in a slightly older motherboard working fine.

 

[Heatsinked]

Surge of high-current through the multi-layer track in the section shown.

Cause?

Beats the hell outta me!

 

[Darg]

Your damn lucky to have your processor still working after that. Reminds me of when a nightlight candle melted through the top of my HiFi and spilt burning wax all over it. Flames were shooting out the top and all the vents until I plugged it out and put it out with water. i let it dry for a day then tried it out and it's still working perfectly over a year later