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If it's just the cathode that has died and all your other compnents are functioning as they should then there shouldn't be a need for a concern, however if you plan on replacing the cathode you should try to find out why it blew in the first place. It is likely that you got a BSOD after the cathode exploded due to some kind of electrical surge. But yeah, it shouldn't cause any more damage as long as the problem resides with the cathode itself

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Hi.

I was editing some video, and then my cathode just "exploded" and started to smoke, and there was blue flash in my computer, that is why i am worried.

Immediately come BSOD, and then my computer turned off, then it did not boot and i had to change my bios.

Now it is booted, but i am worried if there is some hidden problem.

 

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If that happened I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the PC. Power it off, unplug it from the wall and see if you can spot anything that's wrong. Exploding parts are extremely dangerous.

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Unless you have some good soldering equipment and access to really really small electronic components, I'd be looking to see whether or not you're covered by warranty

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Unless you have some good soldering equipment and access to really really small electronic components, I'd be looking to see whether or not you're covered by warranty

I would unplug everything and look for any physical damage.

It is working normally and there is no visible damage exept destroyed kathoide and converter.

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If that happened I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the PC. Power it off, unplug it from the wall and see if you can spot anything that's wrong. Exploding parts are extremely dangerous.

It is working normally now, but i am worried if there is some hidden problem.

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Then I don't know sorry.  :(

NP, thanks for trying to help.  :D 

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I would RMA it to be safe. You wouldn't want it happening again and potentially causing damage.

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If it's just the cathode that has died and all your other compnents are functioning as they should then there shouldn't be a need for a concern, however if you plan on replacing the cathode you should try to find out why it blew in the first place. It is likely that you got a BSOD after the cathode exploded due to some kind of electrical surge. But yeah, it shouldn't cause any more damage as long as the problem resides with the cathode itself

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I would RMA it to be safe. You wouldn't want it happening again and potentially causing damage.

UH... what part should i RMA?

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as long as it didnt shoot debiri at your mobo you should be fine.....i would invest in leds if i was you right now...

 

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i dont know why everyone one is over reacting

the cathode blew up

 

big deal lol

 

if its working then it wont die

Yeah, i was wondering that why everyone thinks that is is so big deal.

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