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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:45 am

maybe you can, I don't know. I've never hot-swapped anything before.
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:57 am

rEvolutionist wrote:maybe you can, I don't know. I've never hot-swapped anything before.
The computer has bays that open in the front, and sliding racks for the HDDs. It shouldn't have been an issue. This one was just evil.
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Post by Jason » Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:25 am

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rEvolutionist wrote:You didn't hot-swap it, did you? I didn't think you could hot-swap old drives. :dunno:
Nobody said I couldn't. :irate:
I suggested it would be a bad idea in another thread.. but don't mind me. :teef:

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Post by Jason » Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:26 am

It's funny.. most power supplies shutdown immediately if there's too much draw (such as if there was an internal short in the drive) rather than blowing up.

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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by klr » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:06 am

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rEvolutionist wrote:You didn't hot-swap it, did you? I didn't think you could hot-swap old drives. :dunno:
Nobody said I couldn't. :irate:
Egads! Don't do that. :nervous:

Hot-swapping internal drives is only for the newer SATA drives, not the older PATA* type - or any other type for that matter.

*I keep calling them IDE, but PATA is the more correct term.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:31 am

When we were discussing this before I did that, where were you?
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Post by klr » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:51 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:When we were discussing this before I did that, where were you?
Like rEv, I assumed you knew. :pardon:

Being able to hot-swap internal drives is a relatively recent advance. Even so, the worst that should have happened was that the drive just didn't party. The very worst that should have happened would have been the machine crashing, but with no permanent damage.

The PSU going tits-up would probably have happened even it was support hot-swapping.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:54 am

Well, I learned me summin' today. :sigh:
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Post by klr » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:01 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Well, I learned me summin' today. :sigh:
Yes, to ask more questions. :toetap:

If you think there are going to be more older drives coming your way, you really ought to look at getting a drive enclose/docking station that can handle old PATA drives. Isolate the drive from the PC, don't bother about the limited speed of a USB 2.0 connection. When you really have to use a drive just once, raw speed isn't an issue.
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:08 am

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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Well, I learned me summin' today. :sigh:
Yes, to ask more questions. :toetap:

If you think there are going to be more older drives coming your way, you really ought to look at getting a drive enclose/docking station that can handle old PATA drives. Isolate the drive from the PC, don't bother about the limited speed of a USB 2.0 connection. When you really have to use a drive just once, raw speed isn't an issue.
I mentioned it was a ten year old drive. :toetap:
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by Jason » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:25 pm

Yeah... just ignore me when I told you days ago to shutdown before you connected the drive. Derp.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:31 pm

Făkünamę wrote:Yeah... just ignore me when I told you days ago to shutdown before you connected the drive. Derp.
Supposed to be hot swappable. :prof:
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:48 pm

And $175 later...
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by klr » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:53 pm

Never mind the money, what's the current state of the machine? :toetap:
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Re: Computer go BOOM!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:55 pm

klr wrote:Never mind the money, what's the current state of the machine? :toetap:
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