Delikatessen Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I woke up at around 4 AM EST to the smell of melting silicon... I leave my computer on at night, so this was bound to happen. After checking it out, it seems that a RAM module had gone bad, because all other parts are working perfectly. So now my room is flooded with this smell and I have a useless stick of RAM. Has this or something similar happened to anybody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindekarr Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) It's the smell of victory mate. My rig always smells-faintly of ozone and a hint of burned copper, since the PSU is unashamedly nearly dead from running a GPU three times larger than anything that existed when it was designed. It reminds me of something with cars-you can always tell when your car's been pushed to far when it begins to smell in one of several ways, and you'll eventualy be able to work out what's wrong with it by scent alone, same with computers. Edited December 8, 2011 by Vindekarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebalious Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 No but it should, I leave my computer on for days at a time. Although now you mention it my computer smells of dust and copper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekatt Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 no but it should since i never turn my computer off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderCrazy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 - Similar happened once, except it was the smell of full on complete electric burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beriallord Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I had a power surge one time that fried a fridgerator, TV, and a lamp. I had my PC plugged into a $250 uninterruptible power supply, which is probably what saved it. If you got a good PC, you better get one or you risk losing it to a power surge. Edited December 8, 2011 by Beriallord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeoshua Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 What's REALLY fun is when something overheats so badly you "let the blue smoke out". And the colors/patterns that appear on the screen afterwards are great, too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illiad86 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I had a thread in the Software and Hardware forum: http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/447834-the-smell-of-burnt-electronics/ bf's PSU nuked his mobo :( Bad and good at the same time. Bad was he was on my computer all the time :P Good was he upgraded and his computer is just like mine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delikatessen Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 What's REALLY fun is when something overheats so badly you "let the blue smoke out". And the colors/patterns that appear on the screen afterwards are great, too ;)Mmm... overheating semiconductors. I love that smell more than I do the smell of brewing coffee.I had a power surge one time that fried a fridgerator, TV, and a lamp. I had my PC plugged into a $250 uninterruptible power supply, which is probably what saved it. If you got a good PC, you better get one or you risk losing it to a power surge.I have one. The best part is that it can run a coffee pot/lamp for 5 hours after the power goes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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