A rather 'amateur' moment!

[Fothsn]

Can’t quite believe what I’ve done! just received my brand spanking new hard drive connected it all up etc then booted up and I hear a spark/short noise opened the case up and found the hard drive smoking and the plastic part at the end was unbelievably hot! To my amusement I had connected both power connectors i.e. the Molex & Sata power connector looks like a rather expensive door stop now!

 

[Paul11]

ouch...

not concentrating has cost me money in the past too..

 

[Bony Maloney]

Unlucky. Elderly moments effect us all at times.

 

[Fothsn]

ouch...

not concentrating has cost me money in the past too..

Cost me a fair share too!

Unlucky. Elderly moments effect us all at times.

Elderly!! I'm still young


I guess a RMA is out of the question as it has physical damage..

 

[Columbo]

RMA..!!!

 

[Dano]

Cost me a fair share too!



Elderly!! I'm still young


I guess a RMA is out of the question as it has physical damage..

Is there a warning telling you not to plug in both at the same time

 

[Fothsn]

Is there a warning telling you not to plug in both at the same time

Yeah but who reads those dam! instructions It will teach me I suppose not to add components to my PC half asleep & just waking up.

 

[Deleted member 64478]

You could RMA as failed drive IF it is still under warrenty then you will get away with it. That's what warrenties are for BUT shame on you for putting both power connections on at the same time. Lesson learnt haha. Step 2 RMA.

 

[paradigm]

Shame on the manufacturers for leaving both connectors on the drives. There is no need for a 4-pin molex on an SATA drive.

 

[Fothsn]

You could RMA as failed drive IF it is still under warrenty then you will get away with it. That's what warrenties are for BUT shame on you for putting both power connections on at the same time. Lesson learnt haha. Step 2 RMA.

Its brand new from a retailer so yeah its under warranty etc, the fact the end has burnt marks and it smells really bad of burnt plastic I'm not going to take the risk of an RMA, user error inst covered & Ill be lumped with the delivery bill.

 

[Fothsn]

Shame on the manufacturers for leaving both connectors on the drives. There is no need for a 4-pin molex on an SATA drive.

Seconded! The only one in a while that I’ve had that has both connectors.

 

[iviv]

Clean the burn marks off, and spray it with air freshener?

 

[Fothsn]

Clean the burn marks off, and spray it with air freshener?

 

[CyZMyAssBaby]

Clean the burn marks off, and spray it with air freshener?

innovative

 

[ByteJuggler]

I guess a RMA is out of the question as it has physical damage..

Well seeing as you bust it unfortunately you can't really expect to be able to RMA it... (It's not as if it was a manufacturing fault or defective workmanship on the part of the HDD manufacturer...)

 

[_PD_]

Oooops. I've entirely fogotten to plug one in before, and spent a VERY long time scratching my head. But I've not plugged it in twice. That's just silly.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Touch wood *touches wooden desk* I havn't made any of these mistakes yet however I do remember when my brother blew his own cpu and wanted to test his motherboard was still ok and it was however his test CPU (the one he commandeerd from my PC) melted due to the fact he didn't reattach the HS & fan I was not happy!!!!

 

[Morte]

I set a PSU to 110v once, only once though

 

[.Sean]

Edit every post here and RMA it. OCUK will never know ;D