Is it normal to have your computer burst into flames

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So I was on my computer yesterday and it stared making this buzzing noise. At first I ignored it but after a while it got irritating. So I turned off my computer and made plans to go the shop and see if they could fix it. I go to the shop the next day and they say that my computer is perfectly fine and that they didn't know why I brought it in. So that night I got on the computer and while I am waiting for to start I go get myself a cup of coffee from my kitchen. So while I am getting my coffee my computer bursts into flames. Is this normal?

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    Is it a MacBook air by any chance. I've read many complaints as well as personally had mine to have an overheating. There's times when the fan gets so LOUD and hot. Sometimes, I wonder if it is going to catch on fire.

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  • wistfulmaiden
    9 years ago

    wow I only ever heard of this if it gets hit by lightning.

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    10 years ago

    Maybe that shop did something nasty to it.

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  • linuxtux
    10 years ago

    I've had smoke from a cheap power supply but never flames. I heard of a motherboard that could catch fire randomly. This faulty motherboard is easily recognized by a "Gatling gun"-style heatsink on the chipset.

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  • dinz
    12 years ago

    AMD are notoriously known to overheat.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    USA perfectly fine what would ever be wrong with that
    God I live sarcasm

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  • Vyzr
    13 years ago

    Maybe a baby dragon was hiding in your room and while you looked away it blew up your computer because its feisty!

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  • trav1085
    13 years ago

    You got a dell? Standard on their new systems you can take it off but it'll void your warranty.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Mwah mwah mwaaaaaaah

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  • d3l33tm3
    13 years ago

    It's perfectly normal for a Windows machine. Just be grateful you're not using Linux, otherwise you'd have dragons to deal with as well as flames.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    If it is a mac then u can get a new one for free the same thing happened to me

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  • hammerofgod
    13 years ago

    Only if its an Acer or Gateway.

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  • MrSutton
    13 years ago

    This is uncommon, it was probably the CPU or the power supply that caused it, as both those things (there are more but these are most likely) get hot, check that your cpu fan is not covered with thick dust, same for ur power pack

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  • close_but_no
    13 years ago

    Ya man cheap power supply. Never happened to me

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  • RawrzMmm
    13 years ago

    XD

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  • BigRedOne
    13 years ago

    It happens to me all the time.

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    • RadioDJ
      13 years ago

      Is your computer a Dell?

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  • RadioDJ
    13 years ago

    This sort of thing has happened to me before.
    Don't mind me asking, but what make is your computer? Dell by any chance?

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