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I plugged in a molex cable the wrong way and the power supply exploded. Did it kill my hard drive?
I bought a cheap kit allowing me to use a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a laptop, by plugging it in with USB. It still requires external power supply so I used an adapter that came with this kit but I ...
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What is typical power consumption of 2.5" laptop external hard drive connected to USB socket?
What is the approximate power and current consumption of a 2.5" laptop external Hard Drive 7200RPM SATA (300Gb), connected to a laptop USB port as an external hard drive?
I've heard that using a ...
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How to get a second PSU to power only hard drives if the CPU and motherboard connectors are not used?
I would like to add more disks than my main PSU can handle, so I plugged them on another PSU (Corsair VS450) but it does not power them as CPU and motherboard connectors are not used.
How can I force ...
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Can a short-circuit damage a hard disk drive?
Everything was working fine until one day the computer would shutdown a split second after the power button was pressed. All the fans would start spinning and lights would come up and then everything ...
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Connect a 2.5" (laptop hard disk) SATA hard disk to Desktop PC
Can I connect a laptop SATA hard disk to Desktop PC? Do I have to use some adapters or I can just plug in SATA power connector and SATA data cable like my Desktop hard disk is connected?
I noticed ...
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5V/12V load balance of 3.5'' HDD?
I have a home-built NAS where I currently have ten 3.5'' SATA HDDs. The PSU I use there is rated for 140W on 5V rail and 480W on 12V rail. Since the 3.5'' HDDs use both 12V and 5V voltages, I would ...
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Is there a difference between removing the power cable from the computer or removing it from the wall outlet?
Reading about computer related crimes and how law enforcement policies are lagging adjusting to the digital age, I came across this document which is a manual of sorts, recommendations for the first ...
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Can I use a second power supply for hard drives? [duplicate]
I have an old Pentium-M based Shuttle PC that is great as a backup NAS solution at home, where I prefer low power consumption over speed.
It only has two SATA ports. However it has a PCI slot and I ...
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Internal SATA connected to External SATA without an enclosure
Would there be any problem connecting an internal SATA drive using an old PC Power Supply for its power and connecting to an external SATA port on a laptop? Would there be any voltage conflicts?
I ...
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Is there any limit on number of devices i can use with power supply
I have joined 4 CD writers and 3 SATA HArd drives with 400W power suppy.
Is there any limit on number of devices i can use with power supply
IF i join all devices then after window starts then i get ...
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Can I change HDD PCB to try fixing a dead HDD?
I have a Seagate Barracuda Compute HDD (3TB) that just died because I used a borrowed PSU that wasn't turning on when SATA was plugged, after I switched cables and everything it didn't turn on again, ...
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Danger/risks of switching off the power of a connected USB drive?
I have 2 external USB hard drives which are always connected to my laptop. The reasons are mixed; I need them so often and I'm too lazy to plug/unplug them again and again.
However I'm concerned ...
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Dangers of using external power source with internal hard drive
Is it okay to connect a internal hard drive (IDE/SATA/SCSI) to an internal controller (e.g. on-board the motherboard) and supply the power via another power supply or an external unit like the one ...
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Need to reconnect power supply to boot windows 8.1/10
Please let me know if it is offtopic here. I am facing some hardware problem may be that's why I am posting it here
I have a desktop pc with dual boot(ubuntu14.04 and windows 10).
Motherboard: intel ...
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Can one Molex power cable power a 12v fan and one IDE hard drive?
My set up has only one Molex cable which is hooked into a 12v fan which is working fine but now I want to plug in one IDE harddrive to the machine. Can one Molex power cable power a 12v fan and one ...
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