[Leaplist] Old disks (was: Different netbooks ... CPU and GPU limitations)

[Kevin Korb]

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You killed someone while working on computer parts?  That is pretty
impressive and a bit scary.  I will BCC the appropriate authorities ;)

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:34 -0500
Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 January 2010 06:32:43 pm Kevin Korb wrote:
> > Ouch.  I almost killed a 3Ware card in a similar blunder.  I mounted a
> > 3.5" hard drive a bit too far forward and didn't realize the HD's shell
> > was touching the contacts of the disk access LED.  That LED was plugged
> > into a 3Ware controller which was then a dead short.  The 3Ware pumped
> > enough power into that LED wire to melt the entire ~2 feet of
> > insulation and finally burn off the solder joints to the LED.
> > Surprisingly the 3Ware controller was not destroyed.
> 
> That is.  When I sneeze I tend to nuke 3Ware cards.  I toasted one with
> an insufficient PSU.  Another I killed someone moving it into a new
> system. Another seemed to die mysteriously.  I am thankful my 7500-4 and
> my 7810 haven't died on me.  I would be very sad.
> 
> Someday I'll run 2xSATA whatever big drives in RAID 1 on software and
> just not care anymore...  My days of fetishing cool hardware have long
> passed.
> 


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