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canoli wrote:thanks for the link - i'll have it on Tuesday - nice tool, easier than the enclosures I've got stuffed in my closet...
hard to believe 4 drives suddenly went bad, though I suppose I must eliminate that possibility by testing them.
bfg-9000 wrote:Both of those PSUs are modular. You didn't happen to use one of the Corsair strings on the EVGA, did you? That could instantly fry every drive attached to that string.
canoli wrote:Btw if I did indeed fry the electronics on these disks I assume the data is still recoverable provided I can find a new circuit board for them. I guess not for the SSDs but the magnetic drives....yes? (Please give a glimmer of hope lol)
canoli wrote:bfg-9000 wrote:Both of those PSUs are modular. You didn't happen to use one of the Corsair strings on the EVGA, did you? That could instantly fry every drive attached to that string.
oh no... Yes at first I did. I never imagined a different pin out between cables (tho it's obvious now). I only thought if they're both capacitor-free they'd be okay .
well I guess I'll find out tomorrow once I try them in another system....
Btw if I did indeed fry the electronics on these disks I assume the data is still recoverable provided I can find a new circuit board for them. I guess not for the SSDs but the magnetic drives....yes? (Please give a glimmer of hope lol)
canoli wrote:I don't know why I shouldn't be able to do that now...although finding a working Samsung 1 TB 103SJ isn't going to be easy. I saw 1 at Amazon for $175!
roncat wrote:canoli wrote:Btw if I did indeed fry the electronics on these disks I assume the data is still recoverable provided I can find a new circuit board for them. I guess not for the SSDs but the magnetic drives....yes? (Please give a glimmer of hope lol)
You used to be able to buy a drive with the same controller board and swap them... haven't needed to try this in quite a few years.
roncat wrote:
You used to be able to buy a drive with the same controller board and swap them... haven't needed to try this in quite a few years.
canoli wrote:Well it looks like I killed 2 magnetic drives and 2 SSDs. Luckily for me the one drive I hadn't backed up was spared, a WD 5TB drive loaded with pictures.
canoli wrote:Why the %#@* the manufacturers can't settle on standard pinouts, at least for SATA power is beyond me.
canoli wrote:one question: With my old Corsair HX850 I added a Y-splitter to the EPS 8-pin cable and an extension as well (my board has 2 EPS connections). EVGA supplied 2 EPS cables but they're too short to run them the way I want. I don't dare use that old extension/Y-splitter before I know for sure whether it's safe. Anyway I'd prefer to buy new extensions as I only have 1 now. I see them for sale all over the web...is there any danger they'll fry my CPU?
canoli wrote:Thanks JBI - interesting article - a little sad it was written almost 20 years ago and the situation is hardly better - what he describes still applies. I thought only Apple practiced such proprietary nonsense - they certainly take it to the extreme - but I never guessed it's the standard business model across the PC parts industry.
canoli wrote:When you said "ohm out all of the connections to check for correct wiring" - if I make sure Terminal A (for example) on the PSU side has continuity through the cable and its extension to Terminal A on the board side...will that do the trick?
canoli wrote:I think I'm going to try swapping boards (and BIOS chips) on these Sammy drives. I found the boards online, about 40 bucks each and there's a shop close to work that can swap the BIOS for me. This site seems to think it's at least possible to get the drive spinning again, long enough to grab some files I don't have backed up.
https://www.hddzone.com/bf41_00329a_samsung_pcb_repair.html
If it fails it's okay I have most of the data on BD. I'm not worried about killing the drive further since it's already toast. I'm curious to see if it'll work. I'll let you know...