Andrew Kuriger wrote: > I can confirm that this does in fact happen from time to time and is > usually a problem with excessive dust (usually tar) buildup. A long time > ago when I was working for the Geek Squad we had a customer bring in a > PC and had stated that it had caught on fire. > > It was very obvious to me that the PSU was the part that had failed (you > could see literally where there had been burns inside the PSU to the top > of the case. > > User decided to replaced the PSU and the case and the PC ran just fine > again. > Yeah, PSU failures are quite common. Especially with the quality of ones included with some older OEM systems (Emachines I'm pointing at you!!!) > PSU failures are definitely not a rare occurrence, and also real friends > don't let friends take there PC's to GS, although this probably goes > without saying. > > ~Andrew > Indeed, I've heard some ripoff and/or horror sorries of Geek Squad. Heard some even better stories from guys that used to work there!