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| Thread ID: 79215 | 2007-05-12 07:11:00 | Need a Seagate ST320410A | hamstar (4) | PC World Chat |
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| 549303 | 2007-05-12 22:04:00 | haha yea 2 drives in 2 weeks hmmph... lol, maybe I shouldn't touch em anymore... this is my dads drive I fried by hotplugged forgetting the computer was on. A loud crack and some capacitor split apart. I thort it might be ok so I plugged it in from turned off and turned it on and there was a massive flame and lots of smoke... weeee.... But computers run on smoke. Did you not know this? When the smoke leaks out you have a problem. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 549304 | 2007-05-13 10:22:00 | haha yea 2 drives in 2 weeks hmmph... lol, maybe I shouldn't touch em anymore... Never a truer word was spoken! Seems you have neither the knowledge nor the temperament to be playing with HDD's. It is not rocket science to make sure the computer is off before connecting, and it is basic commonsense to check the keyway alignments of the plugs and sockets before even attempting to connect the two together. Caps don't normally blow unless the wrong voltage is applied or reverse polarity is quirted up them. Expensive lesson! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 549305 | 2007-05-13 12:12:00 | Very expensive... I have now found I was hit by the same problem with my dads computer!!! We had one of those splitters for a fan in there and somehow that had been unkeyed and turned around, frying another hard drive I put on it!!! I even swapped a logic board with another hard drive of exactly the same model and blew that one too!! So now thats 3 hard drives and four logic boards I have blown from freaking molex adaptors.... lesson learnt! It is not rocket science to make sure the computer is off before connecting Sometimes I hotplug hard drives (my own that is) and haven't had a problem before, now I know why the hdd fried when I hotplugged THAT time. Sigh, I think I'll give up and become a lumberjack. |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 549306 | 2007-05-13 13:13:00 | Caps don't normally blow unless the wrong voltage is applied or reverse polarity is quirted up them. What does quirted mean? I've never head it used in this context. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 549307 | 2007-05-13 13:46:00 | Whacking for a horse, squirted for a hosed off operator. Placed into accommodation by the military. Or, around 1100mL for a milk purchaser with a speech impediment. Alternatively, cut into 4 pieces by the same dude. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 549308 | 2007-05-13 13:46:00 | To be quirted means to be flogged with a leather rawhide braided whip. Definitely uncomfortable, just like the capacitor would have been. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 549309 | 2007-05-14 05:06:00 | I've known that it's possible to connect those molex connectors the wrong way but it takes a lot of force. Someone who makes a habit of it must deserve an NCEA "Achieved" grade, just for effort. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 549310 | 2007-05-14 05:28:00 | Man you older folk can be quite uppity really. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
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