RE: Blew IT

[Kit Williams <kitric wireweb net>]

You bet you can put it in the wrong way...depending on what type of Mobo you
use, you might get a cable that does not have the notches on it or one of
the holes might not be blocked.  You have alot of cheap boards out there on
the market (unfortunately) and alot of people buy them.

Kit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Uncle Meat
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:07 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: Blew IT
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>
> On 27-Sep-2000 Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel spoke something to the effect:
> > 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?
>
> That's been true of all drives I've used, including SCSI. But, the mobos
> have been a different story. I've inserted those backward a few times. No
> damage done, just no workee. Not even the BIOS POST.
>
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