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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jesus_marley" data-source="post: 3764403" data-attributes="member: 24730">or more specifically, the video card in the computer.It all started when I turned on the computer hoping to check my email. In addition to the healthy blue glow that my computer emits when it is running, I happened to notice a startlingly UNhealthy orange glow emanating from the vicinity of my video card. This was followed by an even more startlingly unhealthy smell of burning circuitry.Having never before experienced spontaneous cyber-combustion, I did what any self respecting person would do. I stared at it for a few valuable seconds completely stupified as to what the hell was happening. After my brain finally registered FIRE!, I uttered numerous oaths and invocations of Gods both Living and dead (albeit using rather flowery speech) and proceeded to disconnect the power as fast as possible.Fortunately, having successfully removed the offending piece of hardware, (and thanks to onboard video), I rebooted the computer and it would appear that no permanent damage was caused to the system as a whole. Of course now I have the perfect excuse to upgrade to a better card.I took a picture of the traitorous card. Although it is a bit blurry (camera phone), I marked the points of interest.</blockquote>