SSD Caught Fire & Burned Hole In Carpet - Was It PSU Cable or Connector On SSD? (See pics)

My WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD caught on fire while I'll slept the other night. Probably would have died had the brightness of the fire hadn't woke me up. Managed to put the fire out but not before melting burning plastic set my carpet on fire. It was connected to an EVGA Supernova 1300W PSU using the cables that came with it.

I'm kinda leaning towards the Sata connector on the SSD being the culprit as the only fires I've read about was from someone using a cheap Molex to Sata adapter while the cables from the EVGA are pretty decent. Also, in all the photos I've seen where a cheap Sata adapter was used, the board and the Sata copper prongs are still present. You can see in the image even the copper melted away. But seriously, I was really lucky I fell asleep facing the PC so the flames could wake me up.

Would appreciate anyone with more experience on stuff like this providing their thoughts.

Lucky... Get a damn smoke alarm next time ok..

Was this not mounted inside a case?

If not, was the drive laying flat with the power connector not at an angle compared to the drive?

cyclone3d said:

Was this not mounted inside a case?

If not, was the drive laying flat with the power connector not at an angle compared to the drive?

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Good question.

I'm guessing that the PSU doesn't have separate overcurrent protection for SATA, so it can basically supply up to its full power over the 12V line. If the connector gets cockeyed somehow and a 12V line connects to an adjacent ground, this would be a possible result. Even though this SSD doesn't even use 12V...