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1 - Computer caught fire.
2 - Office smoke damage.
That sucks! Some here will blame it on bad karma. ;-)
Was it the power supply catching fire?
I guess - that's what the Fire Marshall said. Kind of a thermal
runaway.
How old was it?
Three years.


Are you going to notify the manufacturer of the computer and/or power
supply? It is useful information for them and may lead to a recall.

I would also pursue a claim against them to recover damages from the
fire. This failure and resulting fire is certainly not to be expected
as the power supply was certainly well within it's expected useful
life.

The first question they will ask is if you turned it off before you
left the room. If it isn't a server class system it is not "intended"
to be turned on all of the time.



Wrong. Computers are made to be kept on 24x7. Why do you think they
have "sleep modes" on computers and monitors?



For "Green" listing. Power saving mode when you just leave it on for no
valid reason.

I know that Bill. The point is that the option is offered for those
wishing to run their computer all the time.

I designed Disk Drives for a living for 10 years, disk drive controllers
for 15 years and apps engineer to the disk drive world for another 5 years
and we never looked at the system to have to be on 24x7.


Why would you? The disk drive is not operating when the computer is idle.

The platters are spinning and the bearings are wearing.

There is an option in Windows to shut down the HDDs after a set period of
time.