Help me! My TV exploded! And did something break in my computer?

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Hi,

I recently acquired a bunch of parts to build a simple, budget gaming computer. After buying all the parts and putting it all together, I plugged the power unit, flicked the power on, and then powered up the PC. As it was booting, I realized I hadn't plugged in my TV (which I was using as a monitor). I then plugged my HDMI cable into my graphics card, and then into my TV when POOF a big explosion happened (or spark) and the HDMI port on the TV went up in flames.

I shut the computer down, unplugged everything and am now worried to move forward.

Any advice?
 
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Your monitor shouldn't have affected your PC at all. So no need to worry about that. As for the TV, well there' s not much you can do about that.
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It appears you have a chronic case of explodingtelevisionitus.
Fortunately sir it's not contagious.

I suggest a full course of anti-chinesebrandsiotics and a new pair of tighty whities.

Honestly, it's unlikely anything could travel through that data cable that is HDMI in the mean time. Must have just been a random coincidence that the TV blew up as you were plugging it in. At most, if you had the thing plugged into the same outlet, or same extension, a power surge might have rushed into the PC. Highly unlikely, and even if it did the risk is even further minimised if you own a half-decent power supply.
 
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Any idea what the cause was? Don't want to plug into another monitor only to have an explosion
 
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I have a MSI Radeon R9 270X powered by a EVGA 500W power supply which used a best buy purchased Hdmi connector into a Sony Bravia 48" which I bought maybe 4 years ago.

Anyways, the TV seems fried so I want to protect my nice monitor...
 
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It must've 'sparked' at both ends since the pins for the hdmi are burned on both sides...

 
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That's interesting.
Well, cards generally come with more than one output, so even if the HDMI one burnt out somehow you could still use DVI or DisplayPort. Providing everything else in the card is ok.

Since the screen was a Sony it's awfully strange why that would happen. HDMI cables are only digital-data cables, they don't really send much power at all through themselves so how on earth it managed to do that is anyone's guess.
(Did you get struck by lightning at the same time without noticing? We have had a lot of storms lately).

You've probably already done it, but I would throw away that cable, pronto.
 
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