SO I SET MY PC ON FIRE !!! Help !!!

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Okay. So you guys are going to enjoy this. I need a bit of help.

I've got an old PC. I bought some compressed gas called "Air Duster" off eBay.

Like the genius I am, I unplug the PC, earth myself and plonk it down onto the kitchen work top. So far, so good.

So I take off the lid and start blasting everything. Boom !!!! Compressed gas galore. The dust is coming off quite nicely.

About five seconds into it. WHOOMPPP. the whole thing goes up big time. Like really quick and makes a WHOOMPPP noise. I'm screaming like a girl and wondering what to do next as the flames are pretty big. I mean this thing is really on fire. All of it.

About six to ten seconds later it just puts itself out. Phew ! I guess it was the gas burning out and non of the components still on fire or even hot.

I thought perhaps it was witchcraft or perhaps I was using the wrong gas but on closer inspection I realised my girlfriend had a scented candle (vanilla if that helps) nearby. Like on the kitchen workshop. Not sure why I didn't notice but potentially the 2 glasses of wine beforehand didn't help. The gas was clearly ignited by the lit candle.

Soooooo question? What next ? Have I broke the PC ? I haven't turned it back on yet. Should I even attempt to turn it back on? Will the hard drive be okay ? It doesn't look burnt ? Was it just the gas on fire ? Surely computers are used to the heat ? Have I actually skilfully overclocked it naturally some how ? How stupid am I on a scale of 0-10?

Also I burnt some of my eyes brows off with the flames so not a great result all in all.

I'm sure we've all been there be before haha

Advice for an idiot please ? Is my PC okay ?
 
Heh! Shame it wasn't on video :D

Pretty decent chance it will be ok, IMO. Might not have been quite long enough for anything to get hot enough to die, particularly if there's nothing visibly melted.
 
Did you properly shake the can? It may be that the gas had separated inside the vessel and you were spraying a flammable aerosol at hot components.
 
EVH said:
Did you properly shake the can? It may be that the gas had separated inside the vessel and you were spraying a flammable aerosol at hot components.
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I think it's more likely it was the naked flame next to him.
 
Repeat your steps, make sure the vanilla candle is lit, but this time film the results so we can advise you better, please. If there is no fire, then purchase the cheapest power supply you can find. We'll get to the bottom of this.
 
I doubt any of the components got hot enough to warrant any damge, many vital PC components are designed to reach pretty damn high temperatures (not as hot as a flame, but i doubt anything was smoldering)

Just turn it on and see

Also... best post ever...
 
This made me rather LoL :)

As was stated earlier when dusting a pc take it outside.
Dusting it in the house just means that dust swirls round your house until you turn your pc on again where half of it just gets sucked back in again :)
 
I've had a similar experience when refilling a large desk cig lighter and i didnt seal the lid properly so when i tested it the whole thing just exploded in a big ball of flames which engulfed everything on the desk including my arm :). The only thing that got damaged was the hair on my arm that was a completely removed, maybe they could make this into a new form of hair removal, just put a tin foil hat on and give you a quick blast from a flame thrower.
 
BOOM! I'M BACK BOYS! FIRESTARTER! TWISTED FIREEEESTARRTAAA!

Guess what! It works !!! :D

I feel like the first monkey into space.

I've returned alive.

4/10 can probably not recommend.

i've decided to buy a new PC anyway so this one is trrrrrrrrrrrash!!!!

I hope you've all learnt something this week from me!
 
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