Corsair 570x almost caught fire...

[jackychan4899]

I'm going to hope that no one has ever heard of this happening, but the wire that leads to the led controller suddenly and immediately glowed bright red and smoked when I powered on my PC. I'm assuming and hoping corsair replaces the 2 fans and hub they killed, but thankfully my pc is okay. Any ideas as to how this would even happen?

[Greenlink74]

You need to install more RGB

[Greenlink74]

Just now, Greenlink74 said:

You need to install more RGB

but seriouslly, the PSU must have screwed up..

[jackychan4899]

Just now, Greenlink74 said:

but seriouslly, the PSU must have screwed up..

Using the same pc right now, everything is working.

[jackychan4899]

2 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

but seriouslly, the PSU must have screwed up..

Also guessing that I should wait for a new one and not try to mess with the one I have?

[Greenlink74]

1 minute ago, jackychan4899 said:

Also guessing that I should wait for a new one and not try to mess with the one I have?

yes, make sure it is 80+ rated power supply..

[jackychan4899]

1 minute ago, Greenlink74 said:

yes, make sure it is 80+ rated power supply..

I mean a new hub from corsair, sorry to be vague. Power supply is running fine. I am using that right now, and it was only one wire out of 5 fans plugged into the hub. Could it have been the port on the hub, or maybe even the wire?

[Ensho]

How many fans you have hooked up to it?  Surprised that happened, but sounds like it was a faulty hub and couldn't handle the current.

[jackychan4899]

1 minute ago, Ensho said:

How many fans you have hooked up to it?  Surprised that happened, but sounds like it was a faulty hub and couldn't handle the current.

5 of the 6 possible. It was instant when I first gave it power as well.

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, Greenlink74 said:

yes, make sure it is 80+ rated power supply..

80+ doesn't matter for shit, it's just electrical efficiency. It all depends on the unit itself, there's 80+ units out there that suck total ass as power supplies. (ie EVGA's 80+ white units.)

 

OP,  what PSU?

[jackychan4899]

4 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

80+ doesn't matter for shit, it's just electrical efficiency. It all depends on the unit itself, there's 80+ units out there that suck total ass as power supplies. (ie EVGA's 80+ white units.)

 

OP,  what PSU?

Corsair RM 750 (It's 80+ gold)

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, jackychan4899 said:

Corsair RM 750 (It's 80+ gold)

Good tier 2 unit, but I'd mention that to Corsair as well. 

I'd say it's just faulty hardware on the hub's part. Probably just a one-off as well. 

[jackychan4899]

3 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Good tier 2 unit, but I'd mention that to Corsair as well. 

I'd say it's just faulty hardware on the hub's part. Probably just a one-off as well. 

Alright, thank you. Yeah I thought my motherboard had fried at first but then saw where it was coming from. Hopefully a one time thing... In the meantime, have to wait longer to make this build look nice, but at least it didn't kill everything.