How annoying and ironic!

Gareth · 10-08-2009, 08:42 PM

Something ironic happened today....

Well, I was sat on my PC, doing video editing, for class. And my desktop goes POP!! And then the whole tower starts vibrating quite badly, and I come to save my work, and shut off the computer, and the whole PC is locked up. So I force the system off, with the button on the PSU. Opened up the case to find my front 140mm intake fan had exploded! Sending charades of plastic all over the interior of the computer, and I noticed one RAM stick is severely damaged.

This comes less than a day after saying I wanted to upgrade my RAM.... How ironic is this?

I have got some temporary RAM borrowed from my Dads PC until my new stuff gets here, but this is a complete new thing to me! Has anyone else had or even heard of a fan exploding while in use?

**Cromewell** · 10-08-2009, 09:47 PM

I haven't heard of them exploding. I've had a few seize up though. What broke on it? Did the blades split apart or something?

Gareth · 10-08-2009, 09:53 PM

Two blades exploded out while it was spinning at 1550rpm

Its a NZXT fan, and I have no idea how it happened, but it completely killed the nearest RAM sticks.

**johnb35** · 10-08-2009, 10:16 PM

It probably had small stress cracks in the blades near the center and finally just tore right off.

lovely? · 10-09-2009, 05:19 AM

lol can you post a picture of the ram damaged?

**The_Other_One** · 10-09-2009, 05:33 AM

How fast did you have those fans going. I'm pretty sure all mine are sub-3000 (maybe 2000) RPMs.

Maybe you should invest in some grills for all the fans

kimsland · 10-09-2009, 05:42 AM

This is the work of a spider inside your computer
I doubt you'll find him now though, he's probably in shreds

There is also the possibility that a cable touched the fan blade as well

I have never heard of this happening before, unless something came in contact with the blades

Bodaggit23 · 10-09-2009, 05:58 AM

Pretty odd that 1000+ RPM's could have caused damage to the RAM.

Talk about a freak accident.

Must have been a flaw or air pocket when they molded the fan.

**The_Other_One** · 10-09-2009, 06:13 AM

Only 1000? Wow... Surprised it damaged the RAM. But I agree it was probably a flaw in the fan.

linkin93 · 10-09-2009, 07:13 AM

Pics of damaged ram or did you bin the sticks already?

10-08-2009, 08:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gareth Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire, England Age: 19 Posts: 1,801	How annoying and ironic! Something ironic happened today.... Well, I was sat on my PC, doing video editing, for class. And my desktop goes POP!! And then the whole tower starts vibrating quite badly, and I come to save my work, and shut off the computer, and the whole PC is locked up. So I force the system off, with the button on the PSU. Opened up the case to find my front 140mm intake fan had exploded! Sending charades of plastic all over the interior of the computer, and I noticed one RAM stick is severely damaged. This comes less than a day after saying I wanted to upgrade my RAM.... How ironic is this? I have got some temporary RAM borrowed from my Dads PC until my new stuff gets here, but this is a complete new thing to me! Has anyone else had or even heard of a fan exploding while in use? __________________ Gareth's Desktop Computer - *All parts are from Newegg in the United States!* *Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz* 8GB DDR2 PC8500 RAM 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 RAID 0 Striped Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB Windows 7 Professional x64 Hiper 730W ATX 2.0 PSU NZXT Silence Whisper Case 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 + 19" Widescreen 1440x900

10-08-2009, 09:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,802	I haven't heard of them exploding. I've had a few seize up though. What broke on it? Did the blades split apart or something? __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

10-08-2009, 09:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gareth Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire, England Age: 19 Posts: 1,801	Two blades exploded out while it was spinning at 1550rpm Its a NZXT fan, and I have no idea how it happened, but it completely killed the nearest RAM sticks. __________________ Gareth's Desktop Computer - *All parts are from Newegg in the United States!* *Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz* 8GB DDR2 PC8500 RAM 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 RAID 0 Striped Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB Windows 7 Professional x64 Hiper 730W ATX 2.0 PSU NZXT Silence Whisper Case 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 + 19" Widescreen 1440x900

10-08-2009, 10:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,616	It probably had small stress cracks in the blades near the center and finally just tore right off. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

10-09-2009, 05:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 17 Posts: 4,987	lol can you post a picture of the ram damaged? __________________ Core i5 750 @ 4.2ghz Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R 2x2gb OCZ ddr3 1600mhz Corsair TX650w XFX GTX 260 Black ed. 2 500gb WD Black, 320gb WD Caviar Cooped up nicely in an Antec 900

10-09-2009, 05:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,407	How fast did you have those fans going. I'm pretty sure all mine are sub-3000 (maybe 2000) RPMs. Maybe you should invest in some grills for all the fans __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

10-09-2009, 05:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
kimsland Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 882	This is the work of a spider inside your computer I doubt you'll find him now though, he's probably in shreds There is also the possibility that a cable touched the fan blade as well I have never heard of this happening before, unless something came in contact with the blades

10-09-2009, 05:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bodaggit23 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Aperture Science Posts: 4,535	Pretty odd that 1000+ RPM's could have caused damage to the RAM. Talk about a freak accident. Must have been a flaw or air pocket when they molded the fan. __________________ Team Stats @ ExtremeOverclocking.com Team Stats FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 CPU: i7 920 Batch#3841A525 (@3.43Ghz) Board: EVGA E758-A1 Memory: Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 Hard Drive: 300GB VelociRaptor GPU: EVGA GTX260 SC Core 216 Optical: Sony Optiarc 22x DVD/CD Burner PSU: Corsair TX850W CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 Primary OS: Windows Vista x64 SP2 Case: Coolermaster HAF 932

10-09-2009, 06:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,407	Only 1000? Wow... Surprised it damaged the RAM. But I agree it was probably a flaw in the fan. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

10-09-2009, 07:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
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