Okay so...I bought some brand new Cold Cathodes, one being a UV and the other just a regular BLUE cold cathode. Now...when I plugged the UV one in, my computer just went nuts. (I did not plug the light into the computer, instead to an AC->DC converter, a normal power adapter) My sound, as I had music playing, started crackling and getting higher and lower and then I heard a pop and I looked at my computer, the side of the case being open already, and saw smoke coming out of my sound card. I also noticed that my computer was unresponsive and my optical mouse was freaking out and so was my wireless keyboard. Upon further inspection of my now non-functioning soundcard, I noticed that it was a bit charred, as to be expected, as it was smoking, and I looked in the bottom of my case and found what appears to be the chipset from the card. Basically, it would appear that the chip on the card exploded from some kind of funky frequency created by the cold cathode.
Question is, should I try to get the maker of the cathode to replace my soundcard?
Question is, should I try to get the maker of the cathode to replace my soundcard?