RE: [OT] Can a dodgy power socket burn out HDD's?

["Richard" <rich_lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They only test the rails going to the motherboard, the 12v for the
drives i=
s
usually a separate rail to the motherboard which is separate to the CPU
which is separate to the graphics cards ones. There=92s some reason for
thi=
s
to do with the maximum wattage you can have on a rail in the atx spec or
something. I had to do some rewiring on one of my cases to take the unused
pci-e connector and butcher it into some molexes so that some of the drives
were on a different rail so it would spin up every time.

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Stuart Poulton
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 12:29 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Can a dodgy power socket burn out HDD's?

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Paul,

Might be worth getting an ATX Psu tester. Maplin do them I think.

As for where you stand on the drives..... If it was the Belkin surge=20
protector, do they come with =A320,000 of insurance cover ? Did you buy=20
all the components from the same place ?

You may find it a tough job to prove that the PSU was at fault, then=20
to prove that it killed 7 HDD drives, you may find it takes a while.

Stuart

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