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today when i got home, my pc wouldnt turn on. now last night i was using it fine, and it ran at about 40 degrees celcius, which is pretty low. i decided to dust the computer, and i had recently bought an air duster which had tetraflouroethane. i used this to dust out the cpu fan(the cpu is slot 1), case parts, and psu fan. when i plugged all the cables back in and tried to turn it on, it didnt work. after pressing the button several times the psu started sparking and actually started to burn(i think). i quickly turned off the power strip and unplugged everything, which put out the fire. i opened the case but i dont know yet if my parts are burned out or not. i was planning to upgrade around christmas anyways, but could this have damaged my hard drive? im taking it to a local store to get it tested in a few days. thanks

This happend to me and it sounds silly but it is luck i had bout 3 fans 2 hdds and 2 cd drives on my pc and it fryed everythin but my drives maby hdds have better surge protection i dont know oh yeh and it absolutly fryed my sound cand on the mob but notin else strange i know but i think one of the molex connectors was hangin near my sound scipset any how it can be luck if the psu aint under warantee open it up after a few days when charde has gone too see how bad it is u wont be able 2 fix it but hey criosity is the human nature u should have seen the state of my dvd drive lol

Yeh sorry bout that my grammer and spelling is poor anyhow i put i right 4 ya.
This happend to me and it sounds silly but it is luck, i had bout 3 fans 2 hdds and 2 cd drives on my pc,The psu went and it fryed everythin appartfrom my hard drives.Maby HDDs have better surge protection i dont know.
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