Blue Spring
Read my tears about xbox here --->
A fridge/grill/smoker hybrid. What else will scientists come up with?
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Several reports of faulty PS5 and Xbox Series X launch consoles.
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Wizz-Art
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Sure defective I agree, every kind of electronics device has a failure rate.
But this looks so unreal that I immediately thought obviously fake. It smokes more then my chimney and my chimney emits the smoke of burning wood.
TLZ
Banned
It's the new Vaping Chamber.
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Edgelord79
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TBiddy
Member
A fridge/grill/smoker hybrid. What else will scientists come up with?
A vacuumable tower fan? Can we keep the poor console warring out this thread please?
Yoboman
Member
Can't see smoke?
sircaw
Banned
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Maybe those consoles were the KFC one?
...Kentucky fried consoles...
But yeah even though worrying it's just standard failure rate for now.
...Kentucky fried consoles...
But yeah even though worrying it's just standard failure rate for now.
sircaw
Banned
MADE IN CHINA 100% Guaranteed.
geordiemp
Member
Burn in and testing at elevated temps is for automative grade electronics, safety critical.
Consumer electronics are just made and shipped, consumers find the faults and return the few %..
Bo_Hazem
Banned
TBiddy
Member
It looks like there could be an issue with a batch. The thread is definitely made to concern troll as usual, but some of the reports (like the prof3ssor blue guy) seems valid enough. The video with the dumbbell on the floor and the messy room? Fake.
Dodkrake
Banned
That's the FULL RDNA 2 integration working right there
Bill O'Rights
should I retract my old statement around the Xbox Series X running hot or very hot, or does it seem applicable in this particular use case? Happy to acquiesce and adjust my message with a few euphemisms!
Bill O'Rights
should I retract my old statement around the Xbox Series X running hot or very hot, or does it seem applicable in this particular use case? Happy to acquiesce and adjust my message with a few euphemisms!
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M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
That "sizzling" sound is exactly what caps do. However could be even that vaporchamber cooling, because it's really big surface and if it's hot from APU and it's in higher pressure than air, shit could happened, but honestly I highly doubt that there is like a 100ml of water there : D
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Jadsey
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
You mean the vapor chamber can crack and release that vapor?
GHG
Member
You never seen a power supply go out?
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
I disagree OP stated that this was parft of a normal failure rate of new products and mentions both consoles.
I don't think it is concern trool as he never said it could be a widespread issue.
And I agree it is most probably a few defective units that some people were unlucky to get.
I don't really see concern trolling here , at least not from OP that stayed quite reasonable.
digital_ghost
I am a closet furry. Don't you judge me.
My xbox is going to go up in smoke?
Thank goodness. Now I can sue and get a nice settlement check from papa moneybags microsoft.
Thank goodness. Now I can sue and get a nice settlement check from papa moneybags microsoft.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Honestly it could be any number of things, it's clearly not a widespread issue as the Series X has been in the wild for over two months now.
The flash and crackle in the first video scream short circuit, but then the console was off before that. Could be a blown capacitor, but could equally be staged. The latter seems unlikely because why would you have all those wires and what appears to be at least two extension cables feeding each other?
Second one with the dumbbell is more likely a vape blow.
But the prof3ssor blue guy could be legit, we don't know. This isn't so unique or new for a console launch, sadly - the Xbox One had multiple reports of smoking which became a meme because of its entertainment centre image (Firefox etc)
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Potentially yeah, same as heatpipe, but heatpipe is very unprobably because it's cylinder, this is basicaly square, so the pressure inside on the edges are far bigger. Let put it this way, you know those pressure cookers? Well if you heat it to big temperature, it starts to, by design, release the vapor from the chamber.
However vapor chamber is plane, not cilinder and it does not have this valve, so shit can happend and the vapors could be just by different pressure inside. We don't know, I think it's more likely that cap on PSU, however we are not going to find out till someone tear it down and see the damage : )
geordiemp
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sircaw
Banned
Yer i mean if a little fire does not get you a little worried, what will.
Its fire Tbiddy, not a goddam disk ejecting. This is very worrisome indeed.
TheDreadLord
Member
This Series X smoking issue looks very fake.
Blue Spring
Read my tears about xbox here --->
To really cash in, dont forget to put an expensive artwork from van gogh on the fire hazard damage report.
Punished Miku
Gaslighter Pro: 16.7 Fireflops
I'm getting major flashbacks listening to those loud disc drives just grinding a ring into the bottom of a disc.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
smoking Series X? lol
that dont make sense at all. power supply toasted is the only reason i can think of.
or it is just a prank a troll.
Maybe a cap blew up...
TBiddy
Member
Of course it's worrrying. But we both know that thread was made to have another thread for posting shitty memes. The PS5 "reports" was just added for good measure.
The thread could've been a hotspot of valuable information, but instead it turned into another console warrior thread.
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sircaw
Banned
none of this shit would have happened if they had not been so cheap arsed and invested in a screw.
GHG
Member
If the power supply is designed well it will auto shut down when there is a problem. That won't stop the resulting smoke though.
digital_ghost
I am a closet furry. Don't you judge me.
Good idea.
I'll also say microsoft caused my devil cat's tail to catch on fire. She's kinda mean as hell and bites us hard.
Animal cruelty will get the animal protection agencies on my side with the lawsuit.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
In Canada, UL certification is required if a product plugs into an AC outlet so it doesn't start an electrical fire. They are not just "made and shipped".
https://predictabledesigns.com/understanding-certifications-for-electronic-hardware-products/
Handy Fake
Member
... Yeah that's more than likely a capacitor giving up the ghost. Not exactly the surprise you want at 3am in the morning mind.
geordiemp
Member
No its CSA certification in Canada, UL is USA, CE for EU where the design is certified.
Each unit is not tested for consumer electronics.
The PSU always has power. Unless you are saying it isn't plugged into anything in which case that would be the first thing I do when I see some electronics going up in smokes.
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