No Man's Sky will finally be available on PC today at around 6 p.m. CEST. Although we have sadly not been sent any code by Hello Games, we have decided to stream the game anyway after purchasing it ourselves. If you're curious to see what it's like and you haven't made up your mind about it yet, join us at 9 p.m. tonight for a new livestream.
Update : Livestream cancelled. The capture PC is down.
Update 2 : For lack of a livestream here are 2 direct feed videos of the disappointing PC version of NMS. The guys at Hello Games should have a lot on their plate in the next few weeks.
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CprBe will upload direct feed videos as soon as he can.
From an I.T. person to another, I must ask: How in the hell did Driftwood manage to make a Hard Drive Disc "caught fire" just by changing the Power Supply Unit?! This question is only valid IF - and only if - you guys didn't skimp on the PSU, i.e. bought a cheap no name PSU because that's like playing with a live grenade. Please, please tell me you guys didn't skimp on the PSU.
Additionally, don't ever let Driftwood mess with a PC's hardware ever again. Maybe he has a "talent" for this sort of stuff and... better safe than sorry. :P
PS. This Reddit thread has a few explanations on why a bad PSU can make a HDD caught fire:
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/h5geb/m...
Now I'm more intrigued to know what the hell did Driftwood do to the PSU, because it's most likely a human problem. Does Driftwood knows where to attach which cable to which part?! :P
Welp.
That's some very strong voltage indeed, at least the most expensive parts are fine if only the HDD, SSD and DVD Drive got destroyed.
There are some tools that can measure the voltage and also current of PSU connectors, they aren't expensive and can also measure from other sources. My brother has one that we use sometimes.
If you guys have a way to prove the PSU's connectors were faulty, you guys can charge Corsair for damages and they will have to buy a new HDD, SSD and DVD Drive for you guys.
Hopefully, you guys can use or buy another HDD for live streaming in the meanwhile. And think on the positive side, it happened while there was someone awake and near the PC to shut it off and extinguish the fire before it did more damage to the PC's other parts and/or extended to other objects in the house.
Good luck!
PS. Driftwood should share what his experience was by seeing fire coming from the capture PC, I bet he was terrified at first. I know I would be.
Don't forget to spank Driftwood for not using Corsair PSU's own SATA cables. :P