So yea my computer got set on fire.

[vlame]

from buying cheap chinese parts off ebay.

only damage was some cheap fans, and my samsung spinpoint 160gb ata drive, sp 1604n

the board under the drive is removable, i was wondering if i should attempt the get another board or? anyone know about this? and yea i can smell the burned scent on the power spot.

[noiseredux]

did you try shutting it off and then turning it back on?

[Breetai]

Lesson learnt... don't buy ANYTHING from China if you can avoid it.

Dirty, dirty country with very low standards and what are basically underpaid slave laborers making the products that the world eats up for cheap prices.

I've been to China a few times and it's a really interesting place to visit, but overall it turned me off of consciously buying anything from there for a long, long time.

[Hatta]

What cheap chinese part was it that caught fire?

[vlame]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1705wt_939

yea i took the murdered hdd out, put another in, removed the fans and reinstalled xp.

[samsonlonghair]

You mean a fan designed to keep your PC cool set your PC on fire? How ironic.

[vlame]

@_@ oh lawd hahah

yes you're right irony.

[MrPopo]

Lesson learnt... don't buy ANYTHING from China if you can avoid it.

Dirty, dirty country with very low standards and what are basically underpaid slave laborers making the products that the world eats up for cheap prices.

I've been to China a few times and it's a really interesting place to visit, but overall it turned me off of consciously buying anything from there for a long, long time.

He's not even kidding. One of my coworkers just got back from a trip to some of our China facilities and even the brand new buildings already are having the concrete cracking and chipping, since it's cheaper to get it re-paved every year than it is to do it right the first time. He saw 6 guys all digging a hole for a tree, whereas in the west it would be one guy with a backhoe. And the smell. Don't buy things from China; it's not worth it.

[fastbilly1]

Well if you buy the majority of your components from our good friends at Newegg, this is less of an issue...

And to get off my high horse, the cheap prices tempt me aswell. By chance, anything you got out of that lot that actually works well?

[Hobie-wan]

Lesson learnt... don't buy ANYTHING from China if you can avoid it.

Dirty, dirty country with very low standards and what are basically underpaid slave laborers making the products that the world eats up for cheap prices.

I've been to China a few times and it's a really interesting place to visit, but overall it turned me off of consciously buying anything from there for a long, long time.

He's not even kidding. One of my coworkers just got back from a trip to some of our China facilities and even the brand new buildings already are having the concrete cracking and chipping, since it's cheaper to get it re-paved every year than it is to do it right the first time. He saw 6 guys all digging a hole for a tree, whereas in the west it would be one guy with a backhoe. And the smell. Don't buy things from China; it's not worth it.

You guys do all realize it's pretty much all made in China anyway, right? If it's name brand than it is at least more likely to have gone through some proper testing.

If you can find the EXACT same hard drive with the same rom revision, you might be able to swap in a good board and keep using the drive.