Any reason a floppy drive would go up in smoke suddenly? I was rearranging my hard drives and when I started my computer I got a POST screen saying "Floppy error" or something like that. I then smelled that smell, and saw a puff of smoke rising from the case. I quickly shut down and pulled out the drive cage with my floppy and one of my HDDs. The black plastic connector on the floppy cable is slightly melted along the bottom edge, and the edge of the PCB where the connecting pins are is scorched brown.
I think I may have: a) forgotten to connect the floppy's power connector; or b)mis-connected the floppy cable. Would either of these cause smoke? Also, my CPU fan (a generic socket 7) is the kind that gets power from a 4-pin molex adapter - you join one end of it to a PSU connector, and the other end to a drive. The floppy connector is on the PSU cable that the CPU fan is attached to. I accidentally made the CPU fan stop for a second when I brushed it with my fingertip (no damage). Would this have done it?
I think I may have: a) forgotten to connect the floppy's power connector; or b)mis-connected the floppy cable. Would either of these cause smoke? Also, my CPU fan (a generic socket 7) is the kind that gets power from a 4-pin molex adapter - you join one end of it to a PSU connector, and the other end to a drive. The floppy connector is on the PSU cable that the CPU fan is attached to. I accidentally made the CPU fan stop for a second when I brushed it with my fingertip (no damage). Would this have done it?
