PS3 Burned In Mysterious HDMI Fire
Someone just had his PS3 fried due to sparks coming out of the PS3 HDMI cable. Ouch.
Writing to Gizmodo, the victim’s friend said,
“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.”
Jan 24th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
i just had that exact same thing happen to me a few days ago!!!!!!!! On a brand new Panasonic LCD HDTV.. Only the tv was plugged in at the time. I moved the PS3 from my other HDTV that i had JUST been playing it on & when went to connect the hdmi cable to the new TV sparks flew!! No fire occurred since it was never fully plugged in, but it did burn the HMDI port & cble connector completely & TV no longer powers on! The PS3 side was not burned at all, but the PS3 no longer works either!! when i power it on i get a loud fan for a few secs, then it turned off & the red light blinks! can my PS3 be fixed? Cause my TV is on its way back to be replaced!