Killed two Samsung Drives last night

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I was in a rush trying to install 2 repourposed drives into my 900D. I couldn't find my box with spare cables for my thermaltake 1200 watt PSU and I guess I must have grabbed one from another older PSU... Well they plugged right in and but PC shut right off. I think I finally killed my 2 Samsung 1TB drives :(

These were the best drives I have ever had super reliable and quiet! The other 4 I purchased are still running strong (in 2005 or 2006 I think).

Any reason to keep these drives? Could I use it for a spare when one of my other 4 drives dies? Maybe remove the circuit board from them and put it into one of these that I killed with the Sata power? Or are they just toast now? I can't see any damage but they will not power up...

I would consider 1TB drives to be pretty dated, except that these are samsungs!
 
Thats very odd. 99% of PSU pin outs are identical if they meet the atx standard.
 
I assume the OP was talking about modular cables where there is no standard pin out on the side the plugs into the supply. If you use the wrong cable (one with a different pin out) it can deliver + or - 12V to the +5V supply or some other combination that will surely destroy the drive.
 
drescherjm said:
I assume the OP was talking about modular cables where there is no standard pin out on the side the plugs into the supply.
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True but the pinout on the plug side that plugs into the hard drive is the same.
 
yea the Sata connection is the same, but the PSU side wasn't so it fried them.

Warranty expired long ago, the company no longer makes hard drives.
 
Rav3n said:
True but the pinout on the plug side that plugs into the hard drive is the same.
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Doesn't quite work like that...

Say the modular socket on the PSU is 6 pin: A, B, C, D, E, F
A=Ground
B=3.3v
C=5v
D=12v
E=Ground
F=Empty

The modular cable he plugged in is also 6 pin, A-F, however...
A=Ground
B=Ground
C=12v
D=5v
E=3.3v
F=Ground

Now you've effectively rendered the ATX-compliant SATA power plug pinout, a NON-standard pinout. Feeding a 3.3v to ground pin, 5v into 12v pin (which generally wouldn't hurt anything), 12v into 5v pin, and grounding the 3.3v pin.

That, is a recipe for disaster :( PSU and rest of the components, likely fine given the fact the PSU shut down right away, although I'd keep an eye on the two SATA data ports they were plugged into since they may have gotten a surge of power that they shouldn't have.

To the OP: If you're really really lucky, Samsung may have outfitted the drives with actual fuses that you could try and replace (SMD type, so a small soldering iron is needed). I can't even speculate as to whether or not the drive would function with a new circuit board, but I bet you can find one cheap on eBay and I'd give it a try if it was me. Otherwise, I always salvage the magnets from them :D
 
thought it was 1tb ssds!

that really sucks op.

maybe try a board swap?

also only 1 company has a standard pinout for all their modular psus and i think it's silverstone.
 
I'd toss them. By the time another one dies 1 Tb likely won't be much. You'll have to spend time swapping circuit boards, etc. in the hopes it will work and even then you'll only have a 1tb 3.5" drive. I've been downsizing everything to 2.5 to allow more flexibility in future builds space wise.

If you need to replace them immediately I'd consider going that route. What was the usage scenario?
 
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