ZAP! Is it dead? Bonehead move!

[batotman]

In a total bonehead move, I was putting a fan in while my computer was running. Didn't wanna disturb my rare high download rate so I left the thing on.

Had to unplug a drive to share its power with the fan. Hmmm this drive isn't doing anything, so I unplug it, hook the fan in, and plug it back in to the drive.

Its a WD 80GB SE brand spankin new. As I plug it in, BLUE SPARKS, and ZAP computer locks up.

Disk Management finds the drive but says its failed.

It shows up fine in the BIOS.

Is it dead or what?? HELP!

 

[druber]

ouch

i think you probably did her in

 

[batotman]

ARGHHH may as well be dead. I resurrected it from the dead, but lost all the data on it. I am pretty sure I had something on it, apparently nothing critical or anything I'm quick to notice missing.

It required a format.

 

[batotman]

Ah lucked out, I realized I had only one program on it, DVTOOL, and it sucked ass anyways....whooo!

 

[FiZ]

bad. Don't do that.

 

[Icewindius]

You fried it.

 

[batotman]

Originally posted by Icewindius
You fried it.

I gave it amnesia. Thankfully it works again though lost the 2MB of data that was on it LOL. (yeah i did say 2 megabyte)

 

[batotman]

Well its dead again. Started installing some software on it and boom it rebooted and said problem with PRI SLAVE, windows doesn't even see it.

 

[Ice Czar]

the platters, motor, and head\armeture are probably fine
but the circuit board and those IC chips.....

 

[batotman]

Originally posted by Ice Czar
the platters, motor, and head\armeture are probably fine
but the circuit board and those IC chips.....

Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right. Luckily its STILL COVERED in the warranty lol. If this warranty is transferable I'm selling this thing so I don't have to deal with the cursed 80GB SE.

 

[Calavaro]

Originally posted by batotman
Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right. Luckily its STILL COVERED in the warranty lol. If this warranty is transferable I'm selling this thing so I don't have to deal with the cursed 80GB SE.

You would knowingly sell a broken piece of hardware? Why not just RMA and then sell it?

 

[[M]aynard [M]cGuffin]

I did that to a 60 Gb maxtor drive, pretty much the same thing too. NEVER HOTSWAP molex connectors, they really aren't meant for it...

 

[Keith130]

I did that too, it was a 700Mb old drive, it did have all my data on it though

 

[batotman]

Originally posted by Calavaro
You would knowingly sell a broken piece of hardware? Why not just RMA and then sell it?

Well I would of course let them know its was broken...lol. I meant sell it broken for cheaper so I wouldn't have to deal with another RMA.

 

[Snugglebear]

Call me dumb, but I was under the distinct impressions that firms warrantied their products against material or manufacturing defects, not defective users.

 

[batotman]

Originally posted by Snugglebear
Call me dumb, but I was under the distinct impressions that firms warrantied their products against material or manufacturing defects, not defective users.

OK dummy...lol. While that is in and of itself true, I checked with WD and as long as the drive has not been tampered with (opened, pcb changed, etc) it is under warranty.

Damage not covered:
Broken pins on connector
Connector(s) are damaged, cracked, missing or broken
Cracked components on the circuit board
Dented base casting
Torn or punctured tape seal
Dented top cover
Deep scratch
Loose, damaged, or missing screws
Lifted or punctured servo clock hole (SCSI)
Missing servo clock hole (SCSI)
Missing PCBA (Circuit Board)
Obscured breather filter holes
Punctured at servo writer access port
Punctured inspect pivot seal
Scratch exposing copper trace
Scorched or burned PCBA
Stripped mounting hole threads

If they take it back they do, and if they don't they don't. Not too worried about it as its just an 80GB.

EDIT - Also not covered: improper installation!

Learned my lesson, not going to try that one again.