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jp7189 Im tying up entirely too much space in a storage closet because I keep PSU cables in their original packaging. Heck, I have a Corsair AX1600i with different cables from a Corsair HX1200. After I learned that, I'm paranoid that Focus and Prime cables might be different, so I keep them seperate too. It doesn't help that that all the wires are black now. Unlike in the past, you can no longer easily tell which pin has which power rail. You'd have to do a full pinout trace, and no way I'm spending the time on that. Reply
edzieba The good news is that the platters will be fine, the heads will probably be fine, and it's just the driver board that's let out the magic blue smoke. That means date is very likely recoverable by taking a drive of the same model and revision, and swapping the good board form that to the damaged drive, with no need to crack the housing. Reply
fzabkar edzieba said: The good news is that the platters will be fine, the heads will probably be fine, and it's just the driver board that's let out the magic blue smoke. That means date is very likely recoverable by taking a drive of the same model and revision, and swapping the good board form that to the damaged drive, with no need to crack the housing. Straight board swaps haven't worked for over a decade. "Adaptives" — why PCB swaps don't work in modern HDDs The latest PCBs have unique keys in the MCU, which is an additional complication. Edit: Most HDDs supply 5V to the preamp on the headstack. If 12V is applied to the 5V input, there is a very real risk that the preamp may be damaged. Most modern drives have some kind of overvoltage protection, either via TVS diodes or electronic fuses, but these are not infallible. Older HDDs, and many SSDs, have poor protection, or none at all. Here is one example: Catastrophic failures in WD PCBs Here is what happens to the preamp: https://www.hddoracle.com/download/file.php?id=9531&mode=view Reply
fzabkar Admin said: A PC DIYer fried their 14TB HDD after a modular power cable mix up. Enthusiast fries 14TB HDD due to SATA power slipup — bemoans lack of SATA power safety and modular PSU cable standardization : Read more This is news? This same scenario has been acted out in numerous threads in Tom's Hardware's own storage forum over the past decade. I, myself, have helped numerous users rescue their own data at zero cost. Perhaps you should research your own forum first? Reply
bit_user The article said: The underlying issue is the lack of standardization between PSU makers — and even between PSU models from the same brand. Uh, I definitely have swapped modular PSUs of the same brand, without redoing the cabling. I suppose I just got lucky. Sigh. Seasonic previously used sleeved cables and has now switched to flat, ribbon-style cables that are easier to fold but definitely don't look as nice. When I upgrade one of my machines that's still wired with those cables, I was planning on exchanging the PSU but keeping the cables. Now, I'll probably try to find out if they're compatible. At work, I even brought in one of my Seasonic cables to get either 6-pin or 8-pin power from a Dell workstation PSU. In that case, I seem to recall I did go to the trouble of using a multimeter to check that the pinouts were the same. ATX 3.0 should've standardized this stuff. : ( Reply
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