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Ajax_Undone · 12th August 2008, 05:21

Hey everybody during a system backup to an external Hard Drive My power supply blew a capacitor and fried my entire computer ($2,000USD) Strait to crap...

The external I was backing it up to is OK it was WD World edition 2TB External I only had about 500MB of the first ISO on it b4 it blew...

My mother board suffered the worst damage blowing all 38 Capacitors and 12 of the 247 resistors strait to crap!

The hard drives are scared and are unreadable (I am sending them to a Specialist to have the data retrieved if possible)...

So to make a long story short I wish I a had video of it (it was kind of kool to watch)

Anyhow I lost all the NSIS script to build the installers...

Poop right! Well it happens and I am out $2,000 dollars...

Anyhow I have an old computer (about 3 years old) that I am on right now... So not totally screwed just yet...

Figured I'd tell you why the development of newer installers has ceased b4 it actually becomes apparent...

Inventive Software · 12th August 2008, 12:48

Is it a generic PSU job, or a branded one? If branded, I'd consider ringing them up and sending them the dead one saying "this is what happened, make sure it doesn't happen again". If it's generic, don't ever use them on expensive equipment!

$2Ks worth of equipment and several years of data. Again shows the importance of backing things up. Ironic that you were doing it at the time!

Ajax_Undone · 12th August 2008, 14:58

LOL yeah!
I build my own PC's For 3D Development and Gaming (oh and for work as well

)

MfA · 12th August 2008, 16:12

If you have a decent brand PSU you will probably at the very least be able to get the PSU replaced (my corsair has 60 months warranty, I would hope it has quick acting diodes on the output which would fuse before blowing 38 capacitors on my motherboard though). Small comfort, but it's still a decent chunk of change.

Ajax_Undone · 12th August 2008, 20:20

Well I have written a claim against the Power supply manufacturer regarding this failure on the part of the Power supply killing my entire computer. They said they need picture evidence that such occurred... So I took some pictures and sent them. I've yet to hear from them since. They said if I prove my case I will get the entire value of the computer (To Date) back on warranty, and they are going to pay for the Data recovery on my Hard Drives... So about 1,700 USD + 900USD for the Data recovery... So all is well that ends well.

It will be about 3 weeks b4 I will get the information back from the data recovery place...

Ranguvar · 13th August 2008, 01:42

Wow man, that's terrible... I feel for you completely; I would die if I lost the data on my hard drives

But I'm still too cheap to do external backups xD

RickA · 13th August 2008, 03:07

Sorry to hear about this Ajax. You have my sympathies. :-(

Rick

Wombler · 13th August 2008, 08:35

Woah that's bad. Reminds me of the day a guy in the office here thought he'd change the voltage setting on the power supply to see what would happen.

Flicked the switch and bang.

Anyway best of luck with the data recovery and I hope it's not too expensive.

Wombler

CruNcher · 13th August 2008, 19:17

Yeah must have been a bad day for you sorry to hear hope they can recover everything, i have good experience with Seagates Data Recovery Service in the Netherlands.
Not that heavy expensive (sure Data Recovery is costly they know you need the Data but they have so many in the queue they make it for a good price compared to the Competition) and you get the know how of a Hardrive Maker one of the most reliable imho

Ajax_Undone · 14th August 2008, 00:40

Received notice that they will be compensating for all mentioned. They said that they were sorry for the loss I experienced and if there was anything else I needed just ask...

I would like to take this time to say: OCZ Customer service is awesome!

DigitAl56K · 14th August 2008, 01:58

Awesome news!

I've had a couple of cheap PSU's blow before but fortunately no major damage - it's always a scary experience though when you first restart the system. These days I spend the money on nicer units.

Glad it worked out. Nice one OCZ

CruNcher · 14th August 2008, 03:45

Tough todays PSUs capacitors are pretty secure if they blow up i remember an older PSU capacitor exploding it was like in a Disco the whole room was filled with toxic fume in minutes, tough i had luck the neighbours didn't alarmed the firefighters i opened the Window closed the room and got outside as fast as i could, and hold my breath when it happened.

Mug Funky · 14th August 2008, 06:07

condolences on the data. from the thread title i thought someone had died

it's a little concerning that the design of the PSU allowed for such a massive surge. you'd think losing a component like that would just immediately cut power, but i guess the right kind of melting could turn a capacitor into a single piece of metal.

i'm glad now that when one of the PSUs blew up on my telecine that it didn't take anything else out with it.

Sharktooth · 14th August 2008, 10:37

Ajax, i wish i knew you had an OCZ PSU, mine went on fire too.
OCZ PSUs are known to "explode" or burn... recently i have swapped it (after almost a disaster) with a Corsair PSU. Hadnt any problem since then.
Enermax or other good brands will do the job too.
However i think OCZ is going to fix the defect ASAP since those things are happening to too much OCZ customers.

Ajax_Undone · 14th August 2008, 19:37

My main drive was encrypted using true crypt AES256

The data on it looks hopeless I gave my recovery disk and key to them earlier today... So we will see what happens.

Ajax_Undone · 16th August 2008, 20:18

Yeah 99% recovered...

plus about 2 TB of jargon... Working threw copycats and blanks got about a week worth of sorting now...

FragmentsRevised · 28th August 2008, 02:48

wow you are right a video of that would have been something else to watch....sorry for your loss. All good gadgets bite the dust at some point.

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	Sad News Hey everybody during a system backup to an external Hard Drive My power supply blew a capacitor and fried my entire computer ($2,000USD) Strait to crap... The external I was backing it up to is OK it was WD World edition 2TB External I only had about 500MB of the first ISO on it b4 it blew... My mother board suffered the worst damage blowing all 38 Capacitors and 12 of the 247 resistors strait to crap! The hard drives are scared and are unreadable (I am sending them to a Specialist to have the data retrieved if possible)... So to make a long story short I wish I a had video of it (it was kind of kool to watch) Anyhow I lost all the NSIS script to build the installers... Poop right! Well it happens and I am out $2,000 dollars... Anyhow I have an old computer (about 3 years old) that I am on right now... So not totally screwed just yet... Figured I'd tell you why the development of newer installers has ceased b4 it actually becomes apparent... __________________ My Installer's \|\| Last edited by Ajax_Undone; 12th August 2008 at 15:00.

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Inventive Software Turkey Machine Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lowestoft, UK (but visit lots of places with bribes [beer]) Posts: 1,953	Is it a generic PSU job, or a branded one? If branded, I'd consider ringing them up and sending them the dead one saying "this is what happened, make sure it doesn't happen again". If it's generic, don't ever use them on expensive equipment! $2Ks worth of equipment and several years of data. Again shows the importance of backing things up. Ironic that you were doing it at the time! __________________ On Discworld it is clearly recognized that million-to-one chances happen 9 times out of 10. If the hero did not overcome huge odds, what would be the point? Terry Pratchett - The Science Of Discworld

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	LOL yeah! I build my own PC's For 3D Development and Gaming (oh and for work as well) __________________ My Installer's \|\|

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MfA Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,075	If you have a decent brand PSU you will probably at the very least be able to get the PSU replaced (my corsair has 60 months warranty, I would hope it has quick acting diodes on the output which would fuse before blowing 38 capacitors on my motherboard though). Small comfort, but it's still a decent chunk of change. Last edited by MfA; 12th August 2008 at 16:15.

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	Well I have written a claim against the Power supply manufacturer regarding this failure on the part of the Power supply killing my entire computer. They said they need picture evidence that such occurred... So I took some pictures and sent them. I've yet to hear from them since. They said if I prove my case I will get the entire value of the computer (To Date) back on warranty, and they are going to pay for the Data recovery on my Hard Drives... So about 1,700 USD + 900USD for the Data recovery... So all is well that ends well. It will be about 3 weeks b4 I will get the information back from the data recovery place... __________________ My Installer's \|\|

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Ranguvar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: ::1 Posts: 1,236	Wow man, that's terrible... I feel for you completely; I would die if I lost the data on my hard drives But I'm still too cheap to do external backups xD

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RickA Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 89	Sorry to hear about this Ajax. You have my sympathies. :-( Rick __________________ Rene: Could you not just wound him a little bit? Hans: Well now, with a 25 pound shell that is not easy. 'Allo 'Allo

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Wombler Affable Wanderer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 451	Woah that's bad. Reminds me of the day a guy in the office here thought he'd change the voltage setting on the power supply to see what would happen. Flicked the switch and bang. Anyway best of luck with the data recovery and I hope it's not too expensive. Wombler

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CruNcher Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 4,926	Yeah must have been a bad day for you sorry to hear hope they can recover everything, i have good experience with Seagates Data Recovery Service in the Netherlands. Not that heavy expensive (sure Data Recovery is costly they know you need the Data but they have so many in the queue they make it for a good price compared to the Competition) and you get the know how of a Hardrive Maker one of the most reliable imho __________________ all my compares are riddles so please try to decipher them yourselves :) It is about Time Join the Revolution NOW before it is to Late ! http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=168004 Last edited by CruNcher; 13th August 2008 at 19:24.

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	Received notice that they will be compensating for all mentioned. They said that they were sorry for the loss I experienced and if there was anything else I needed just ask... I would like to take this time to say: OCZ Customer service is awesome! __________________ My Installer's \|\|

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DigitAl56K Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 936	Awesome news! I've had a couple of cheap PSU's blow before but fortunately no major damage - it's always a scary experience though when you first restart the system. These days I spend the money on nicer units. Glad it worked out. Nice one OCZ __________________ DivX Plus Web Player 2.0 (MKV & AVI) (Embed generator) DivX H.264 Decoder with DXVA support Developer portal

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CruNcher Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 4,926	Tough todays PSUs capacitors are pretty secure if they blow up i remember an older PSU capacitor exploding it was like in a Disco the whole room was filled with toxic fume in minutes, tough i had luck the neighbours didn't alarmed the firefighters i opened the Window closed the room and got outside as fast as i could, and hold my breath when it happened. __________________ all my compares are riddles so please try to decipher them yourselves :) It is about Time Join the Revolution NOW before it is to Late ! http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=168004 Last edited by CruNcher; 14th August 2008 at 03:59.

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Mug Funky interlace this! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: i'm in ur transfers, addin noise Posts: 4,555	condolences on the data. from the thread title i thought someone had died it's a little concerning that the design of the PSU allowed for such a massive surge. you'd think losing a component like that would just immediately cut power, but i guess the right kind of melting could turn a capacitor into a single piece of metal. i'm glad now that when one of the PSUs blew up on my telecine that it didn't take anything else out with it. __________________ sucking the life out of your videos since 2004

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Sharktooth Mr. Sandman Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Haddonfield, IL Posts: 11,768	Ajax, i wish i knew you had an OCZ PSU, mine went on fire too. OCZ PSUs are known to "explode" or burn... recently i have swapped it (after almost a disaster) with a Corsair PSU. Hadnt any problem since then. Enermax or other good brands will do the job too. However i think OCZ is going to fix the defect ASAP since those things are happening to too much OCZ customers. __________________ MPEG-4 ASP Custom Matrices: EQM V1(old), EQM AutoGK Sharpmatrix (aka EQM V2), EQM V3HR (updated 01/10/2004), EQM V3LR, EQM V3ULR (updated 04/02/2005), EQM V3UHR (updated 17/12/2004) and EQM V3EHR (updated 05/10/2004) Info about my ASP matrices. MPEG-4 AVC Custom Matrices: EQM AVC-HR Info about my AVC matrices My x264 builds. Mooo!!! Last edited by Sharktooth; 14th August 2008 at 19:40.

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	My main drive was encrypted using true crypt AES256 The data on it looks hopeless I gave my recovery disk and key to them earlier today... So we will see what happens. __________________ My Installer's \|\|

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Ajax_Undone I dont care so should you Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In hell next to the boiling pit of Lava... Posts: 989	Yeah 99% recovered... plus about 2 TB of jargon... Working threw copycats and blanks got about a week worth of sorting now... __________________ My Installer's \|\|

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FragmentsRevised Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I live in So. Cali. Posts: 3	wow you are right a video of that would have been something else to watch....sorry for your loss. All good gadgets bite the dust at some point.