NZXT is Irresponsible & Dangerous: H1 Riser Fire Hazard Should Be Recalled
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Channel: Gamers Nexus
Views: 994,475
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Keywords: gamersnexus, gamers nexus, computer hardware, NZXT, NZXT H1, NZXT H1 recall, NZXT H1 pcie riser, NZXT H1 screws, NZXT H1 plastic screw, NZXT H1 nylon screw, NZXT H1 fire, NZXT case fire, nzxt h1 review, nzxt h1 hot, nzxt h1 overheating
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Length: 33min 37sec (2017 seconds)
Published: Sun Jan 31 2021
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I don't even understand how the PCI-E Riser was even made, who puts 12V within 1mm of a screw hole? I am actually certain that someone with 0 PCB knowledge wouldn't design the internal traces like this (and wouldn't even know what an internal trace is)
It's like having the screws to a plug socket directly next to the holes.
NZXT went from making pc cases that have terrible temps to making pc cases that could actually produce dangerously terrible temps
Man I've never seen Steve so pissed. He wasn't even this mad at MSI or nVidia for their shit in 2020.
Edit: I just realized I don't even think he was this mad about the AMD bike which he found to be dangerous and irresponsible to sell.
This video is so full of justified anger that even the promo code is throwing fire at NZXT.
LoL @ print magazine Maximum PC naming it the case of the year in the Feb 2021 issue
This is crazy, stay the hell away from NZXT products. If you brush over fire incidents, especially ones that don't always self extinguish, you deserve to be bankrupted and criminally charged for negligence. Never, ever buy anything from NZXT.
That PCB design is beyond incompetent. Why the hell would the hole be small enough to engage with the original screws threads? Why is a 12V plane or pour anywhere near that hole? Even if they decided to increase the size of that hole after designing the board, there is zero reason to have 12V in that corner.
It's not even penny pinching here, it is truly badly designed. It doesn't cost more to keep 12V away from the hole.
What kind of PCB house let's a board get made like that too? How could they not be issuing a true recall? These boards are very cheap to make.
It just goes on, Steve mentioned they always over-tighten their screws. That means they aren't using torque set screw drivers or powered drivers. Who doesn't use that now days in assembly? It saves your workers wrists, and is just part of standard quality control. Or even worse, they have torque set drivers, but don't configure them correctly!! Stay the hell away from anything NZXT touches.
Shocking malignant ignorance to proper design and manufacturing quality control process. Steve and his crew have quite literally saved lives.
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As someone who was considering the H1 but doesn't want to die in a fiery death, what's the fix for this besides an overhead fire suppression system?