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09-03-2020 05:01 AM
Product: hp pavillion hpe 500f
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
Last night my hpe 500f caught fire late at night. I woke up and smelled smoke and saw it coming from the computer. I unplugged it and blew out the small flame that had started. the dvd drive had melted..see attached. pulled out the drive and it starts up but affraid to use it.

fire smoke

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09-03-2020 10:38 AM
Hello
Better leave it unplugged and turned off
You should go see a professional so that they can check what caused this
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