RE: Blew IT

[Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum lintux cx>]

On  Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Kit Williams said the following magic words,

> Since hardware is more my style, I'll lend a hand on this one.
> 
> You should check the IDE Cable.  If you were installing a hard drive,
> chances are that you turned it the wrong way on one of the connections
> causing the machine to short out.  Make sure that "pin 1" is going towards
> the power and also make sure that your "master, slave" settings are correct.

AFAIK all of the HDD's I've come across prevent the insertion of the IDE
cable the wrong way. The IDE cables I have seen too have one of the holes
blocked off to prevent the wrong way insertion. So could anyone clarify
wether it is possible to insert it in the wrong way?

Best Wishes,
Grendel

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