FD Meshify C TG Shattered

[Unkindness]

Hi guys,

My Meshify C glass panel just exploded while trying to remove it. I took the four screws off, lifted it with my fingertips and bang! Like frigging Steve Austin walking to the ring. Thank God the kids weren't in the room or the system wasn't on.

Anyway all the big stuff is gone but terrified to start the system from all the glass dust that got into the case. I know I'm not supposed to but have vaccumed out the inside of my PSU, GPU, fans and any part of the board I thought was exposed. Is there a way of making sure it's clear before I start it up?

I've spent all my spare cash over the last six months on this and can't afford to blow something up.

Any help is badly needed!

Cheers

[Mattias Edeslatt]

Well, that is the nature of tempered glass, regardless of it is a case panel or a panel on a TV-bench or a cabinet. And it is a safety-feature, to not to break in sharp pieces lika a normal glas panel would have done. 

 

The only option for it not to go everywhere is to have laminated glass like windshields on cars, but then you add (rather large) weight to the panel.

As your case should be "in warranty", contact either the store you bought from or Fractal Design to get a new panel. 

 

Regarding the dust from the glass, take it outside and use some compressed air to blow it out. There should be no harm in starting the system as glass in non conductive. Did you have the PSU mounted with the fan up, so the glass got in it? Then take the PSU out of the case and use air and/or shake it to make sure all large pieces come out of it. You could do the same with the case, flip it on its side and shake to make sure all glass comes out, as it has a tendency to get exactly everywhere.

[Skiiwee29]

If you have everything cleaned up that you can see visually then all you can do now is boot up and cross your fingers and pray to the RNG gods. 

[Mattias Edeslatt]

 

[Unkindness]

4 minutes ago, Mattias Edeslatt said:

Well, that is the nature of tempered glass, regardless of it is a case panel or a panel on a TV-bench or a cabinet. And it is a safety-feature, to not to break in sharp pieces lika a normal glas panel would have done. 

 

The only option for it not to go everywhere is to have laminated glass like windshields on cars, but then you add (rather large) weight to the panel.

As your case should be "in warranty", contact either the store you bought from or Fractal Design to get a new panel. 

 

Regarding the dust from the glass, take it outside and use some compressed air to blow it out. There should be no harm in starting the system as glass in non conductive. Did you have the PSU mounted with the fan up, so the glass got in it? Then take the PSU out of the case and use air and/or shake it to make sure all large pieces come out of it. You could do the same with the case, flip it on its side and shake to make sure all glass comes out, as it has a tendency to get exactly everywhere.

Yeah my PSU is fan up so I've had it out and given it a good clean. Had the case "glass side down" when removing the PSU so I think I'm free of it. Just worried about exposed sockets like the spare PCI-E slots and the likes.

[Mattias Edeslatt]

Well, if you had the case standing up when you removed the panel the motherboard is vertical so there should not be any glass that gets stuck in the PCIe-slots and such that wouldn't come lose by a good shake or with the helt of a vacuum that you used. Some compressed air/canned air if you are worried about the more finer "dust" part of the glass take care of it.

 

But there is no harm in using the computer as the glass/dust is non conductive, the only way for it to make some kind of dammage is if there are some larger piece of glass stuck in a PCIe-slot and you force a card in it. But then it should be so large that you should be able to see it with an ocular inspection and be able to remove it with something to poke at it.

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, Unkindness said:

Yeah my PSU is fan up so I've had it out and given it a good clean. Had the case "glass side down" when removing the PSU so I think I'm free of it. Just worried about exposed sockets like the spare PCI-E slots and the likes.

Should be fine, but if you have a paint brush or even a tooth brush you could gently brush over the slots to dislodge anything that might be stuck inside.

PSU would probably be the worst to clean out if it was fan face up and got glass shards inside of it. Glass shards could possibly get stuck in the fan, in particular in the area between the fan blades and the plastic guard that helps direct air flow through the PSU. Should be able to get most of it out by turning it upside down and giving it a gentle tap/shake and listen for any debris moving around inside. At least glass isn't electrically conductive like say if you dropped a small metal screw inside the PSU.

[Unkindness]

Sent an email to Fractal about it but don't expect to hear anything on the weekend. 

I'm not buying a glass panel which is all that is listed on their spares store.

[kidroc666]

Call fractical they will replace it for you.. i use two of the harbor freight glass suction cups to help remove my panels and it's a really safe and easy way to remove and put back on