Obviously disconnect the connector from the mobo first.
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Simple test: Use a paper clip to jump the green wire to any black wire on your 24 pin connector (the big one that comes from your powersupply to your motherboard). This will power up the power supply if it isn't fucked.
Obviously disconnect the connector from the mobo first.
Obviously disconnect the connector from the mobo first.
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Repairman confirmed it was the power supply. He can have another here tomorrow if there's one in town. 
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You mean you can't just go out and buy one? 
Anyway, what spec PSU is he looking to get? More powerful than the old one?
Anyway, what spec PSU is he looking to get? More powerful than the old one?
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I don't want to mess with success, so I ask for a match for that one. He said it was overpowered for that machine anyway. The problem was that antique HDD.klr wrote:You mean you can't just go out and buy one?
Anyway, what spec PSU is he looking to get? More powerful than the old one?
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So what's the solution for the HDD? Is it actually still alive?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I don't want to mess with success, so I ask for a match for that one. He said it was overpowered for that machine anyway. The problem was that antique HDD.klr wrote:You mean you can't just go out and buy one?
Anyway, what spec PSU is he looking to get? More powerful than the old one?
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The bad one? I'll never know. I gave him the entire old computer. He rehabs them for charities. (I knew two of them, so I was cool with that.) The intent was to double check that Ryan had all of Patrick's files off of it way back when, and I can live with what I got from him in April.klr wrote:So what's the solution for the HDD? Is it actually still alive?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I don't want to mess with success, so I ask for a match for that one. He said it was overpowered for that machine anyway. The problem was that antique HDD.klr wrote:You mean you can't just go out and buy one?
Anyway, what spec PSU is he looking to get? More powerful than the old one?
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Good! 
And let that be a lesson: Never let a strange hard drive into your PC, especially if it's old. I have a couple of 10 year+ old laptop drives that are virtual museum pieces, but they still work fine. I'd never even attempt to put them into an actual PC though, but a simple dual-interface USB drive enclosure* does the trick.
*The old IDE interface with the ribbon cables, and the current SATA interface with the thick but narrow cables.
And let that be a lesson: Never let a strange hard drive into your PC, especially if it's old. I have a couple of 10 year+ old laptop drives that are virtual museum pieces, but they still work fine. I'd never even attempt to put them into an actual PC though, but a simple dual-interface USB drive enclosure* does the trick.
*The old IDE interface with the ribbon cables, and the current SATA interface with the thick but narrow cables.
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I'm coming to see you...soon.rEvolutionist wrote:Just plug the fucker in and let it rip!
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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm coming to see you...soon.rEvolutionist wrote:Just plug the fucker in and let it rip!
At one stage this evening, I had as many as four external hard drives attached to my desktop PC. But one was a big external drive with it's own power supply, and all of the drives were connected to the PC via an externally powered USB 3.0 hub. The PC was not taking any hit itself.
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Externals? Two 500 g and two 2T externals. Couple more externals when I need them. Some go back and forth to D.C.klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm coming to see you...soon.rEvolutionist wrote:Just plug the fucker in and let it rip!
At one stage this evening, I had as many as four external hard drives attached to my desktop PC. But one was a big external drive with it's own power supply, and all of the drives were connected to the PC via an externally powered USB 3.0 hub. The PC was not taking any hit itself.
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I have ... many* externals. And some "bare" drives as well that I can hook up via docking stations and suchlike if the need arises.Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Externals? Two 500 g and two 2T externals. Couple more externals when I need them. Some go back and forth to D.C.klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm coming to see you...soon.rEvolutionist wrote:Just plug the fucker in and let it rip!
At one stage this evening, I had as many as four external hard drives attached to my desktop PC. But one was a big external drive with it's own power supply, and all of the drives were connected to the PC via an externally powered USB 3.0 hub. The PC was not taking any hit itself.
*As in I'm not going to bother counting them right now.
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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I'm coming to see you...soon.rEvolutionist wrote:Just plug the fucker in and let it rip!
Actually, I'm surprised by what happened. Not sure there's a logical explanation for it. If your PSU was big enough, then there shouldn't have been a problem. You might have shorted something out when you were fucking around in there. I've plugged heaps of old drives into heaps of different computers, and never had a problem (except when I forgot to rearrange the boot sequence). What reason did the geek give for it going boom?
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I have a hot swap bay for this kind of thing, it had to be the HDD.
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You didn't hot-swap it, did you? I didn't think you could hot-swap old drives. 
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Nobody said I couldn't.rEvolutionist wrote:You didn't hot-swap it, did you? I didn't think you could hot-swap old drives.
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