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Can plugging in firewire cable backwards fry HD electronics??
How did you manage pray tell, to plug it in backwards? It's asymetric! To answer your question it can fry MORE than your HD. It will cause a power surge and could toast your mobo. Please don't tell me that you did this?- 35Pete
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Adding Second SATA Drive
A good BIOS will automatically detect it. What OS are you running? Vista will find the drivers and install them (it nails them with the most recent ones too, I was surprised). Have at it. This is pretty easy stuff so don't sweat it. Just don't touch the HD until you've grounded yourself first...- 35Pete
- Post #7
- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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USB device controlling bootup
1. Upgrade your BIOS. If you don't know what you are doing then ask first! 2. Disable all boot devices except hard drive (1st) and optical drive (2nd).- 35Pete
- Post #8
- Forum: PC hardware - Peripheral issues
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PC won't start
Plugging stuff in might have caused the mobo to shift on the mounts. You may have a short of the mobo to the case. But first things first. Unplug all peripherals. Now, with only the DDR and the CPU power up the mobo. If the fan spins then a card or peripheral is bad. If not then... Unmount...- 35Pete
- Post #10
- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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PC Just Dieded
Just an FYI. You can't measure current with a voltmeter. You need it in ammeter mode and the connection needs to be in series rather than parallel. If your reading ZERO volts then either the supply is dead or it is short circuited. Just be careful with the tech words you use. It can be...- 35Pete
- Post #10
- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
