I just plugged the power for my hdd in backwards. Broke it I think.

[soccerballtux]

The plastic connector is made out of somewhat deformable plastic-- not your typical hard stuff that they would make a cellphone out of.

I'm used to having to apply pressure to plug it in-- like you do with any molex connector.

Well, it won't spin up anymore. Anybody know much about how the molex connector connects to the rest of the drive? It's a Hitachi.
140GB of data down the drain!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
I just plugged the power for my hdd in backwards.

I'm used to having to apply pressure to plug it in-- like you do with any molex connector.

When I think of the pressure it took to plug that molex connector in backwards...
I don't even have words to express my thoughts. :roll:

You should be stripped of your "Platinum Member" status.

 

[RebateMonger]

You put 12V across the 5V circuitry, and 5V across the 12V circuitry. The middle two pins are grounds. I imagine that the 5V powers the PCB and the 12V powers the motor. A circuit board swap might get it running. There'd likely be other issues, but that'd be a starting point.

 

[Paperlantern]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
I just plugged the power for my hdd in backwards.

I'm used to having to apply pressure to plug it in-- like you do with any molex connector.

When I think of the pressure it took to plug that molex connector in backwards...
I don't even have words to express my thoughts. :roll:

You should be stripped of your "Platinum Member" status.

X2

 

[heymrdj]

We just had this at work. We have a 2.5" IDE converter on the table we use for plugging clients laptop drives into the system to do scans, diags, backups, clones ect. The guy plugged in the molex to the converter backward. I don't see how he did it, but apparently he forced it. Goodbye HD.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Hell, to be fair it happens. I've built literally hundreds of pcs in my life but I remember years ago I stuck in a stick of ram the wrong way and killed the slot. Just wasn't paying attention.

But it gave me an excuse to upgrade so I wasn't too pissed 😀

Always look on the bright side.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: StinkyPinky
Hell, to be fair it happens..

I've reversed the connections on a floppy-disk power connector. It melted the power lead coming from the power supply. And I'm sure I've TRIED to put a HD Molex connector in backwards. I just don't think I ever quite succeeded, though. Yeah. If you work on enough PCs, you'll likely do everything wrong at least one time.

Edit:
Actually, I connected the floppy power connector one-pin-to-the-left (I think). That connects the 5V line directly to ground, as I recall=melted wire.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: StinkyPinky
Hell, to be fair it happens..

I've reversed the connections on a floppy-disk power connector. It melted the power lead coming from the power supply.

I did that too, with the same results (plus a dead floppy). its amazing how fast a case with 5 80mm fans can fill a room with smoke 🙂

 

[mindless1]

If the power supply either of you did this to was a Channel Well 420W, sent back to Newegg, I probably bought that as a refurb a few years back. Snipped the melted floppy connector off and used it till the Fuhjyyu capacitors went out, then replaced the caps... still runs today.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

my little experiment was an antec truepower 350w about 4 years ago, still runs today. just snipped off the melted floppy connector.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: VeryCharBroiled

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: StinkyPinky
Hell, to be fair it happens..

I've reversed the connections on a floppy-disk power connector. It melted the power lead coming from the power supply.

I did that too, with the same results (plus a dead floppy). its amazing how fast a case with 5 80mm fans can fill a room with smoke 🙂

Exact same error here, several years back. Glad to know I'm not the only one...