its just finished and guess what it recovered?
A big fat Zero
Yea then it's not going to be cheap. Is there any important data on it? Always back up documents to google drive or something like that. I use my laptop as a backup.
My pc went up in flames :-( any ideas why?
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Yea then it's not going to be cheap. Is there any important data on it? Always back up documents to google drive or something like that. I use my laptop as a backup.
Just going to try r-studio if it finds stuff (fingers crossed) I will have to buy the licence :sad:
remember300
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Fingers Crossed buddy
BigBlue1
Banned
Likely a wire that was pulled against the case causing a short by cutting the insulation. I am surprised the PSU didn't immediately shut down though. It also should have tripped the gfci or the powerstrip feeding it before it got that far. Your homeowners insurance will cover it most likely, but the deductible could be higher than the replacement cost.
remember300
Active member
did ya take it down the fire station?
No not yet but will do soon im on call this week with work and didn't finish till 7pm.
Do you think I should send pics to corsair and to the optical drive manufactures so they can see?
The parts are out of warranty now but system is not all that old.
Well just logged into dabs and found out when I purchased the psu and it was 30th august 2013 so all parts are just over 12 months old
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Im guessing that you didnt bother reading any of the posts prior to your.
Anyways I know that tom said that it was likely the Optical, however perhaps it could have been one of the resistors that were inside the controller? I'm not extremely knowledgeable in this area at all, however if it was indeed the fan controller, the PSU may not have detected it, as the supply is constant and the excess is dispated as heat. Or am I completely off about how fan controllers work :huh:
Either way, lets hope the you get an answer when you get the the station, admirable blokes always ready to help.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
My PSU got up in flames once but it never caused any fire, it shut down before it did. Another OEM psu I had shot shortened two of it's cables out. It got fried but the PC lived....
You are very unlucky... Did everything died? Even the CPU?
You are very unlucky... Did everything died? Even the CPU?
It wont be a PSU fault dude
Thanks for all your replies 
. I have had success in recovering some important data today from one hard drive that had photos and accounts on so im very happy with that. I also toke pc to my local fire depot but they have given me a phone no and email address to send pictures too as they are only retained fire crew.
. I have had success in recovering some important data today from one hard drive that had photos and accounts on so im very happy with that. I also toke pc to my local fire depot but they have given me a phone no and email address to send pictures too as they are only retained fire crew.
d1974
New member
I'm glad that you and your family are ok.
What I can see, from your photos, is that it looks like it started at the fan controller.....
Has anybody from the fire service reported back to you yet? If so, What was their conclusion?
If it was the fan controller, then NZXT are surely liable.
This could have been SO much more serious.
What I can see, from your photos, is that it looks like it started at the fan controller.....
Has anybody from the fire service reported back to you yet? If so, What was their conclusion?
If it was the fan controller, then NZXT are surely liable.
This could have been SO much more serious.
