I must be in a small minority that loves his Acer (typing on it now). I have had my aspire laptop since 05 and have had no issues whatsoever. My little Celeron M (gasp) keeps chugging along at a nice clip, WITH VISTA.
Wait, it's a Predator Gaming Unit. Well, we all know what happened there then. Someone cornered the unit and it had no chance to escape, so it activated it's self destruct, just like in the movies.
That case, in the picture, is one of the worst cases, ever. Not only is the front door assembly horribly designed out of flimsy plastic (breaks off easily), but the whole case has horrible airflow. On top of that, the chassis was horribly designed with poor riveting and cheap plastic connectors for everything to install with.
Most of those so-called "gamer" cases fit in the same category: Pretty, shiny stuff for morons who don't know much about computers. It attracts the same type of idiots who drive front wheel drive imports and throw 4 foot spoilers on the back and put resonators on their exhaust to sound beefy, even though it's a shitty little four cylinder POS.
I'm not surpised that they'd catch on fire. Wiring is not a hobby.
@MrHaroHaro: That was "pretty" as defined by said morons. My case is plain black-anodized aluminum. I don't need my hardware to be pretty, just functional and dependable. That's why I built my own PC after doing a little research. Buying prebuilt just gets you ripped off, more often than not. Either they charge too much for what you get, or they charge a reasonable price and they cut corners and do a shoddy job. There is no middle ground for that sort of thing.
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@lordargent: I could be totally wrong but I would assume that a floppy drive's ribbon cable carries a low enough current that if it shorted on itself it wouldn't burn your house down. My assumption is that some power supply rails were tucked behind the door hinge mechanism of this case and repeated opening/closing rubbed through their jackets.
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Maybe if it used less hairspray it wouldn't catch on fire so much.
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Most of those so-called "gamer" cases fit in the same category: Pretty, shiny stuff for morons who don't know much about computers. It attracts the same type of idiots who drive front wheel drive imports and throw 4 foot spoilers on the back and put resonators on their exhaust to sound beefy, even though it's a shitty little four cylinder POS.
I'm not surpised that they'd catch on fire. Wiring is not a hobby.
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"I know."
"No really. I mean, it's on fire."
"I know! Isn't it awesome!"
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I worked on someones machine where some wires got sucked into one of the fans. I think it was the hanging end of a floppy power connector.
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