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    NZXT H1 safety recall

    https://www.reddit.com/r/NZXT/commen..._safety_issue/

    Apparently there is a chance that a defect could cause a fire and NZXT is pausing sales while they issue a simple repair kit that will be shipped to current owners.
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    Re: NZXT H1 safety recall

    Good that they're fairly open about it and are dealing with the issue.
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    Re: NZXT H1 safety recall

    From the official NZXT post it sounds like 2 slightly longer screws needed with a non-conductive washer each side of the pcie riser board. If so no biggy. I wouldn't be surprised if you could probably DIY it using anti-vibration washers while you wait for the official kit! Number of occurences <10 so it's good to see them taking action. Less honest manufacturer's would hide behind "non-reproducable random faults" until the stats mounted up worse than that. Equally when the fix is so cheap, why not just do the right thing.

    Edit: However this fix could be at the expense of removing ground to the chassis, so does this indicate there is a ground potential issue with the riser board that is causing the problem? If so I wouldn't be surprised if there is a rev2 of those boards soon with improved circuitry. So long as the riser card can still be grounded via internal mount screws and/or the pcie connection (which presumably has a ground on it) then it will hopefully be ok. Otherwise there is a small risk of electrical noise and/or static shock when tinkering if charge hasn't dissipated.

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