Can a case kill stuff?

[TheSpoon]

A few years ago I had a case (Antec P160) that I was fairly certain was cursed.

In it several motherboards and several power supplies met their end. After a whlie, I noticed that the deaths only occurred when I hooked up the front USB ports (but not immediately after, of course). On several occasions, what would happen is the front USB ports would stop working and within a few hours either the motherboard or the power supply was dead (I think mostly the motherboard).

Anyone have similar experiences?

 

[mrmylanman]

That is really weird. The only peculiar experience I have had was in my FT01, when I put my Biostar motherboard in there it wouldn't work, however it was a simple solution - there were some solder points that were hanging very low (shoddy workmanship on Biostar's part I guess) they shorted out on the motherboard tray. I just lined the whole thing with tape and that way it wouldn't short any longer. Haven't had that problem with my ASUS and Lian Li PC-A05 though.

Didn't actually kill the board though, it worked just fine once I lined the tray.

 

[QuadDragon]

A few years ago I had a case (Antec P160) that I was fairly certain was cursed.

In it several motherboards and several power supplies met their end. After a whlie, I noticed that the deaths only occurred when I hooked up the front USB ports (but not immediately after, of course). On several occasions, what would happen is the front USB ports would stop working and within a few hours either the motherboard or the power supply was dead (I think mostly the motherboard).

Anyone have similar experiences?

One thing to watch out for is the firewire and the USB plug-ins are very similar. If you plugged in the USB to the firewire port that might have caused some problems lol.

 

[Shane_c82]

Put a webcam on it at night to see if you can pick up any paranormal activity.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

A few years ago I had a case (Antec P160) that I was fairly certain was cursed.

You really gotta watch out for those cursed cases.

 

[Elledan]

Shorting USB pins can cause lots of fun and dying equipment. It'd be the first thing I'd watch for.

 

[Shadowssong]

Possible the motherboards are shorting on a standoff that is in the wrong place?

and LOL @

You really gotta watch out for those cursed cases.

 

[Carpecerevisi]

I've had several customers bring me fried computers in which the case was the culprit. Shorted USB and firewire front ports are the most popular, followed by dented/malformed/incorrectly cut metal behind the motherboard that shorts the mobo.
tl;dr: Yes.

 

[Outamyhead]

A few years ago I had a case (Antec P160) that I was fairly certain was cursed.

In it several motherboards and several power supplies met their end. After a whlie, I noticed that the deaths only occurred when I hooked up the front USB ports (but not immediately after, of course). On several occasions, what would happen is the front USB ports would stop working and within a few hours either the motherboard or the power supply was dead (I think mostly the motherboard).

Anyone have similar experiences?

Sounds like a bad ground in the case.

 

[M0rph3us]

Sounds like a bad ground in the case.

This. My P180 killed at least one of my mobos because of a bad ground in it, and to think Antec used to make quality cases, and now I wouldn't even think of buying another one.

 

[TheSpoon]

One thing to watch out for is the firewire and the USB plug-ins are very similar. If you plugged in the USB to the firewire port that might have caused some problems lol.

I'm not quite THAT much of a noob! The USB ports did work for a while, they just eventually died and took the motherboard with them.

Oh and nice picture. I guess this is what I get for buying computer components at gypsy bazaars

 

[M0rph3us]

I'm not quite THAT much of a noob! The USB ports did work for a while, they just eventually died and took the motherboard with them.

Oh and nice picture. I guess this is what I get for buying computer components at gypsy bazaars

Beat the gypsy!!! Sorry I couldn't resist the Borat quote....

 

[deff]

I guess this is what I get for buying computer components at gypsy bazaars

Can't beat those computer case/dried monkey paw combo deals. How many wishes do you have left on that paw?

 

[thaltek]

I'm not quite THAT much of a noob! The USB ports did work for a while, they just eventually died and took the motherboard with them.

Oh and nice picture. I guess this is what I get for buying computer components at gypsy bazaars

you need to get a priest to bless the case.... the sooner the better..... it always starts on the internal components but after a while it will start frying things outside the case!!!!