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I have this new gadget. It's by Vantec and it has 3 sensors that connect to various parts (hdd, cpu, case temp) and register on an LCD display that has a backlight (an LED I suppose). It also has 2 USB connections and a firewire connection and will regulate hsf fan speed. Fits nicely in a 5 1/2 bay.

I'm not sure if I have a problem, but when I plugged it into the PSU for the first time I noticed a bit of an electrical smell. I got nervous and unplugged it. The odor was coming from the backlit area but from nowhere else. I pulled out an old computer and tried it there. Same smell but I let it run for a couple of hours. No fire :7
and no smoke. Everything worked fine. The smell was less after an hour but then leveled off. I unplugged the device about an hour ago and it still has the same smell sitting on my table.

Could this be just a break-in smell (he says with optimism), some kind of plastic coating burning off? Any thoughts?

I've goten a couple epox motherboard that smelled burned up before. If its working fine just give it a good visual inspection and use it. Sometimes electronics will have a funky odor when u first start using them.

That's what I was hoping you'd say, thanks.

but if it burns your house down it isnt preds fault

Is that the Vantec Nexus device? How ya like it?

"Is that the Vantec Nexus device? How ya like it?"

I had to ask for a new one, it WAS defective. Now that it works, it'd a terriffic add on. It has 3 choices of faceplate, and if you don't choose any faceplate it matches my Lian-li case perfectly. It has 2 USB 2.0 connections, 1 firewire connection, a CPU fan control and 3 temp sensors.