[ale] fried innards

[Chuck Payne]

I have seen once, but like Jim said, my plug had got damage, one of
the pins was not connecting, this was before sata. It wasn't a CDRom,
but the motherboard north connector that burn up. So if it not
grounded correctly it can happen.

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is feasible that a crimp in the plug itself was poor and it finally hit
> the inflection point in the failure curve where it escalated rapidly. It's
> easy to pull 10-12A on the 12V rail and not trip the fuse as it's still
> below the fuse point but above the "turn the wire into a resistor" point.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I no longer remember the brand of power supply, but I do find it
>> interesting that no brand name or electrical details are visible on the
>> surfaces of the PSU that I can see.
>>
>> Looking at the charred remains of the fried plug, I can see that both
>> ground wires popped out of the plug and the 12 volt yellow wire has its
>> insulation burned off for nearly 2 inches. Yet the PSU fuse did not trip.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 06, 2013 03:11:21 pm Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>> > On 8/6/2013 2:54 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>>
>> > > Power supply is a replacement. Got burned years ago buy a cheap power
>>
>> > > supply. I no longer remember the specs on this one, but it is AT
>>
>> > > LEAST 30% larger than necessary.
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > BUT, the box itself is more than 7 years old, and the mobo/cpu and
>>
>> > > power supply are five years old, as are the RAID-1 drives.
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Everything else seems to be working as it should. I'm thinking this
>>
>> > > may be the "handwriting on the wall." If that's the case, I'd better
>>
>> > > go get a lottery ticket! :)
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Sean
>>
>> >
>>
>> > <snip>
>>
>> > Like someone mentioned above, it was probably a loose/bad connection,
>>
>> > but still it's very odd. Trying to imagine what could go short in A
>>
>> > DVD-ROM to allow that kind of current draw. Filter Caps? reverse
>>
>> > voltage protection Diode? If all is working as it was sans the DVD,
>>
>> > you're probably OK. But for my information, what brand is the power
>>
>> > supply?
>>
>> >
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