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| Thread ID: 79112 | 2007-05-08 11:13:00 | Fried 320gb....? | hamstar (4) | Press F1 |
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| 548336 | 2007-05-08 11:13:00 | The other night I was playing round with my PC, and I plugged my 320gb in but the computer wouldn't turn on. It just made a zoom sound and then died. Somewhere in the PSU. And I had to turn it off at the PSU, and then turn it back on, and then try to turn it on again before it would make the noise again. I was like ***? So I looked at the connection and somehow the plug from the Molex-->SATA had gotten "un-keyed" and managed to get itself plugged in the wrong way. So I was shooting 12v up the 5v and 5 volt up the 12v. Needless to say the drive don't go. But I tried plugging it into my portable molex PSU, a little powerpack with a 240 in and comes out in a 12v/5v molex and it didn't turn off - not that advanced. However some little voltage regulators on the hard drive's logic board got very hot very quickly! So I quickly turned that off. So guess what I will have to do is buy another 320gb, swap the logic boards, grab the data off it, swap the boards back and biff it :( Waste of $190 (a couple months ago). Anything else I can do guys? Cheers, Rob |
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| 548337 | 2007-05-11 13:33:00 | bump... anyone...? | hamstar (4) | ||
| 548338 | 2007-05-11 20:20:00 | somehow the plug from the Molex-->SATA had gotten "un-keyed" and managed to get itself plugged in the wrong way. What? How does it do that all by itself? Anyway yep, I'd say you killed it. Nothing much you can do really apart form getting a new drive and perhaps trying what you already said. |
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| 548339 | 2007-05-12 06:13:00 | Crap... yeah I guess I forced it cos it wasn't plugging in properly and I thought it was the metal pins not playing nicely... clap clap for the handy cap |
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