XP-200:

I am still with the whole vape fake side as i can't think of any components inside any console that would make it produce that kind of smoke, even if the psu were faulty there are safe guards in place in modern electronics that i doubt would allow this to happen.....hell on 25 years of building pcs even with the cheapest nastiest psu ever i have never seen them fall and produce this kind of thing, so call me skeptical on this one.

signex:

Mine has been running for 2 hours, no issues yet. Though I'm baffled about the controller, I bought a seperate version. The LB and RB sound clicky while the other that a bought seperate has a very soft press without any sound.

Astyanax:

are both of them Core controllers? if the share button is missing, its a One pad.

signex:

No, they're the new versions with share buttons. It came with my sealed Series X. The new controller I bought brand new felt more premium. Wish I still had it, I sold it with my One X. One controller I already sold a week ago. Could have made a video of it, now I can't prove it..

metagamer:

Anyone else thinks that getting a Series X for whatever it is... £29/month over 2 years here in the UK is a good deal? It's like paying for a mid range phone contract. I personally see the attraction as there's probably a lot of games I would possibly feel like trying out but I wouldn't pay the full price for them. And with all the games available that come with this package, via game pass, it's actually not a bad option, I think. Also, I guess it would be a solid box hooked up to your 4k TV for all things TV related.

illrigger:

It's not a zero percent loan like a phone plan is; it's an actual loan that you have to qualify for, and it has interest so you end up paying more than retail. Overall, it's not a bad deal, less interest than you'd pay if you put it on an average credit card. It's still better to buy outright and pay no interest at all if you can, though.

Kool64:

that amount of smoke would have melted the bottom of the case as there would have to have been a serious amount of fire.

Kevin Mauro:

Let me unpack that. Smoke. Would have melted the case. There would have been a fire. Actually, contrary to popular belief where there's smoke there isn't always fire. smol·der·ing /ˈsmōldəriNG/ Learn to pronounce noun the process of burning slowly with smoke but no flame.

Kool64:

smoldering would still have melted the case.

nehaxak:

Looks real to me, looks exactly like what @Picolete mentioned. I've had ASrock motherboards literally go on fire before (twice) with as much if not more smoke than in that picture and had enough time to pick up my phone and take a picture, all of 5 seconds that takes. Not sure why there's so many idiots ragging on the poor guy it happened too.

Kool64:

that amount of smoke would have melted the bottom of the case as there would have to have been a serious amount of fire.

sykozis:

A few years ago, I had a GTX460 catch fire. I created a thread about it. Most of the posts in that thread were accusations and insults. Even after I posted pictures of the damage, the accusations and insults continued. Even MSI admitted that the card itself was at fault for the fire.....but that didn't stop the stupidity. Some people just can't get past the fact that they don't know WTF happened or why, so they start talking crap.... When my first Athlon XP 2000 burned out, it produced a crap ton of smoke with no fire.....

Astyanax:

no point trying with them, they don't have much if any experience with electrical faults.