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Article #288Re: PCI Computer Case - Warning!!!
From: Chia-Chi Chao
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43q6u8$dt5@itnews.sc.intel.com>, George I. Brisker <George_I_Brisker@ccm.sc.intel.com> wrote: >One of the power-supply connectors in the case was mis-wired. Instead of >standard 5V-G-G-12V wiring, it had 12V-G-G-5V on one connector only. >Unknowingly, I attached this connector to my fairly expensive 2.2GB Wide >SCSI hard drive and turned the power on. As you may imagine, the hard >drive started smoking and stopped working. This is exactly what happened to me a couple of years ago, and a $1,000 hard drive was fried in the process. Fortunately, both the case (don't know who made it) and the drive were bought from the same store, and they were replaced without much problem. Now whenever I get a new case, the first thing I do is measuring ALL connectors with a voltmeter. Better be more careful than frying thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment. -- Chia-Chi Chao chao@engr.sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107ecf,cb5f5cb9f2dce57,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,cb5f5cb9f2dce57,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a7be,cb5f5cb9f2dce57,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10a7be,public From: chao@chip.engr.sgi.com (Chia-Chi Chao) Subject: Re: PCI Computer Case - Warning!!! Date: 1995/09/21 Message-ID: <43r43p$ial@fido.asd.sgi.com> X-Deja-AN: 110513262 references: <43q6u8$dt5@itnews.sc.intel.com> organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.d,misc.forsale.computers.discussion,ba.market.computers