Vent: I thought the whole 'dust in the power supply' thing was overblown until a client's rig caught fire

Had a customer bring in a gaming PC that was shutting down under load. It was full of dust, but I figured a quick clean would do it. I almost skipped the power supply because it looked okay from the outside. Popped the cover and the inside was packed solid, like a gray carpet. Two days later, they called back saying it sparked and smoked. That convinced me to never skip a full PSU teardown on a dirty system, even if it adds 20 minutes to the job. How do you guys handle dirty builds to avoid missing something like that?

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claireo674d ago

Learned that lesson the hard way too. My shop smelled like burnt hair for a week.

palmer.jana4d ago

That smell, @claireo67, is the scent of a universal truth.