Ironman273 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 PS3 Gets Fried In Mysterious HDMI Blaze What the hell happened here? Needless to say, it took a pretty violent incident to do this kind of damage. HDMI Fire Speaking about his friend's PS3, our tipster writes: He had his PS3 plugged into an electrical source although it wasn't running any games at the time of this. He plugged in his Psyclone HDMI cable from his Samsung 32-inch flatpanel tv to the PS3 when the sparks started flying. A flame actually shot up out of the PS3, and sparks were firing out of both ends where the HDMI cable met with the ports. The mess ended in 10 seconds when the cord melted off. Pictures included. We cannot figure out why/how this occurred. No breakers were tripped, no damage or discoloration to any wall outlets or other power sources. Only the HDMI ports. We've seen our fair share of flaming laptops, cellphones and iPods?but this is the first time I have come across an HDMI fire. Unless there were fireworks strapped to the cable, this one is a mystery Source: Gizmodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted January 13, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2010 Cheap cables + faulty fuse = fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 maybe it is not the HDMI port, it is the poorly made cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClark Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I don't get it. What level of power are HDMI cables carrying? If I put my tongue on it, will it hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody McKee Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Yes, you're right. The cable caught on fire. Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Whoa. That's a first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthalzen Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Holy crap... how much current does HDMI have, lol. It feels like it is a wiring problem, but like, sparks I would imagine be normal if it is wired wrong, but like goes up in flames. Would it be possible the cable is very fire conductive so that once the sparks happen it ignite the cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I'm calling BS right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 According to Wikipedia, 5 volts, max 50mA, so something seems fishy. PS3 is mentioned, but I don't see a photo of one here. That first one looks like the back of a TV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 PS3 is mentioned, but I don't see a photo of one here. That first one looks like the back of a TV... It is, the 3rd one is a PS3 however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The poor PS3. It deserves so much better. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 HDMI can't do that. It's fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdmcmahon Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 That will teach you for not using the expensive HDMI cables.... /sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d4diesel Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 it seems like both tv and the ps3 got fried. wonder which one was faulty? Also, based solely on the power that hdmi cable carry, this is not possible. either someone was trying to screw around with something or i call BS as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Cheap cables + faulty fuse = fail I dont think cheap cables are the reason for that. It could happen to any cable if the device has bad circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha2beta Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I work at a radio shack and we sell plenty of samsungs, I have seen similar HDMI problems like this before. In the last year and a half we have been having plenty of bad samsung tvs to deal with, I guess they are going though the big company disease right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kouhii00 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 it seems like both tv and the ps3 got fried. wonder which one was faulty? Also, based solely on the power that hdmi cable carry, this is not possible. either someone was trying to screw around with something or i call BS as well. 5V and 500mA is actually a lot of current, that's about 2.5Watts of power. One possibility is one of the cable pin outs were not wired correctly and as a result 5V was probrably shorted to ground. Try taking a 1.5V battery and connect one end of the battery ("+") to a 3ohm (rated 1/4Watt) and the other to the "-" and see what happens. See how fast the resistor changes color and feel it afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigoku Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 looks like bullcrap to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Considering that a lot of PS3 owners are reporting their GPUs getting fried from using the HDMI, I believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Gizmodo .. known for "QUALITY (Y) :D" reporting. They don't even research like Fish did. I hate Gizmodo. They take things from other websites and credit back to them after four or five of their own websites get hits. It's a way how for them to get even more revenue.. They also steal articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Considering that a lot of PS3 owners are reporting their GPUs getting fried from using the HDMI, I believe it. I HIGHLY doubt that's possible. The PS3 has a GPU based on the nVidia 7800 GTX. NVidia recommends at least 350 watts to run the 7800 GTX. You'd have to do some serious over-powering to have it output enough power to fry the 7800 chip in the PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I'll use this article to make people buy $100 monster cables. :D jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedJoker Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) I'm glad I sold my PS3 now. Clearly this shows the PS3 is a timebomb. Down with PS3, boo. Edited January 13, 2010 by Antaris Removed inappropriate content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 This article has so much lol written all over it its unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 13, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 13, 2010 Considering that a lot of PS3 owners are reporting their GPUs getting fried from using the HDMI, I believe it. This is the first time im my life I've ever seen anything like this from any HDMI enabled product (let alone console), so I have no idea if you posted this whilst sleeping, or your arse likes to post sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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