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Re:Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cables bur... by 112233 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:37AM (#33391800)
Ha ha only serious. There were cases on local news when homes burned down because PC caught fire. Not only circuit breaker — please give me something (IR sensor?) that will trip and cut power if anything in the room and in the PC enclosure exceeds, say, 120°C
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Re:Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cables bur... by undefinedzero on Sunday October 30, 2022 @02:51AM (#33391865)
Or a simpler setup would be a smoke detector that turns off a power strip when triggered.

Kind of like some 3d printers have.

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Re:Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cables bur... by Hamuko on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:26AM (#33392709)
Not sure how useful that would be considering the fire has probably already started.
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Re:Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cables bur... by undefinedzero on Sunday October 30, 2022 @11:39AM (#33395374)
Things generally smoke before they burn
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