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<blockquote data-quote="satesco" data-source="post: 1139709" data-attributes="member: 297935"><p>I didn't think it was necessary to say how the card was burned, but it is good to confirm the danger you mentioned:"...should never be used on an active circuit with DC power on it.", when you don't take the necessary precautions for such activities..</p><p>I have to admit that I stupidly left the cards on the computer while I cleaned the dust inside the computer.</p><p> Probably a particle of material (I don't know what it could have been) from the inside got to the slot where the card was inserted, and the moment I turned on the computer, immediately a flame, smell, and burning smoke came out of that slot with the 6983 cards on. It was clear that both the card and the motherboard slot were compromised because of this contact with foreign particles, which activated the circuitry the moment I turned on the computer. So the motherboard slot was also burnt, so I had to change it, and the DVB card looks like in the picture posted. </p><p>Thank God the other cards remained untouched and are in working order.</p><p>A lesson to learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satesco, post: 1139709, member: 297935"] I didn't think it was necessary to say how the card was burned, but it is good to confirm the danger you mentioned:"...should never be used on an active circuit with DC power on it.", when you don't take the necessary precautions for such activities.. I have to admit that I stupidly left the cards on the computer while I cleaned the dust inside the computer. Probably a particle of material (I don't know what it could have been) from the inside got to the slot where the card was inserted, and the moment I turned on the computer, immediately a flame, smell, and burning smoke came out of that slot with the 6983 cards on. It was clear that both the card and the motherboard slot were compromised because of this contact with foreign particles, which activated the circuitry the moment I turned on the computer. So the motherboard slot was also burnt, so I had to change it, and the DVB card looks like in the picture posted. Thank God the other cards remained untouched and are in working order. A lesson to learn. [/QUOTE]
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