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Old 30-10-2007, 18:10   #1
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old hard drive
psu kept blowing fuse (blue flash from psu ) fitted a new psu on pc to check, didnt blow but just sits there with fan working and green light on but nothing else so i guess motherboard has blown.
so bought a new pc and need to slave old sata drive as 2nd hd (seagate 120g barracuda) on new machine to access data, my question is would i be risking blowing new pc if there is a possible fault on the said drive please?
(i also want to transfer m-audio sound card) thanks
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Old 30-10-2007, 18:28   #2
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You should be fine
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Old 30-10-2007, 18:29   #3
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cheers zingle that was quick!
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Old 30-10-2007, 18:36   #4
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You should be fine
But if your that worried you could pickup one of these USB to IDE (or sata, depending on which your drive is) adaptors and plug it into that...
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Old 30-10-2007, 18:55   #5
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A possibly faulty hard drive isnt gonna blow up a pc or damage it for that matter
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Old 30-10-2007, 18:56   #6
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Re: old hard drive
I had to remove an HD from a pc with a blown motherboard a few years ago, I transferred it to another machine which is still working perfectly.
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Old 30-10-2007, 19:11   #7
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A possibly faulty hard drive isnt gonna blow up a pc or damage it for that matter
Its very Unlikely unless a High current flow melted something and its now short circuit on the power feed.

But like I said highly unlikely.
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Its very Unlikely unless a High current flow melted something and its now short circuit on the power feed.

But like I said highly unlikely.
Short Circuit/Over current protection should prevent that by tripping the PSU off.
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Old 31-10-2007, 12:18   #9
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