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

[Kevin Korb]

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IIRC it was an 8006-2LP but I don't remember the details for sure.  I just
enjoy the story because the only permanent damage was to the wiring and
the fact that I never bothered to fix the LED in that case.

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:55:44 -0800 (PST)
"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> 3ware uses a lot of older CMOS FPGAs and aren't the most
> power efficient (although they don't run hot for the same reasons
> either -- density is low) through the 8000 and, in a few ICs, the 9500S
> series (but not 9550SX on-ward).  So it's already sucking up enough
> current, so it likely has the regulation to provide quite a bit of 3.3
> and 5V.  ;)
> 
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> From: Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
> 
> 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.
> 


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