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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	20 Jun 2015 01:50
To:	ALL	1 of 14

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Tonight I was playing a computer game when the video crapped out. My attention turned to my pc so I could hit the reset button. Smoke was billowing out. After a moment's consternation I yanked the power cord out the back of it. The source of the smoke turned out to be a molex - sata connector attached to a DVD player. So I disconnected it. Then I poured another beer and rebooted my pc. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	Dan (HERMAND)	20 Jun 2015 09:22
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	2 of 14

41516.2 In reply to 41516.1
Impressive! Dan Herman

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From:	graphitone	20 Jun 2015 13:50
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 of 14

41516.3 In reply to 41516.1
Sounds like an over volted agp socket was to blame. You been tinkering, have you?! Drawings n' that

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	20 Jun 2015 14:20
To:	graphitone	4 of 14

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No ocing here. I'm thinking it may be down to defective PSU or mb, based on recurring hdd problems. Or it could just be the cheapie molex-sata connector, which is the thing that actually melted (possibly taking out the dvd player). Anyway everything is running pretty cool atm. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	koswix	20 Jun 2015 15:27
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	5 of 14

41516.5 In reply to 41516.4

If it's just one then more likely it want plugged in all the way. Poor connection = higher resistance =more heat.


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	20 Jun 2015 18:55
To:	koswix	6 of 14

41516.6 In reply to 41516.5
It's been plugged in >2 years, but I've always found sata connectors to be a bit wobbly. Can't be sure because of the heat damage but it appears the plastic insulation on the plug had deteriorated. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	koswix	20 Jun 2015 23:05
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	7 of 14

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Odd. Nothing in the pc case should cause it to deteriorate. Have you got uv lamps in there to make it more bling?


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	21 Jun 2015 02:13
To:	koswix	8 of 14

41516.8 In reply to 41516.7
Nope, nope and nope. The connector I picked up in a corner pc components store for a buck fifty. I'm guessing it was made from shit materials. I wasn't using the DVD player at the time either. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	koswix	21 Jun 2015 09:21
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	9 of 14

41516.9 In reply to 41516.8

Clearly it's the work of aliens, then.


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	28 Jun 2015 13:45
To:	ALL	10 of 14

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Finally got around to testing the dvd player from an external power plug + usb. Despite visible scorch marks around the power receptacle (including edge of the pcb), it appears to be fine. So I guess it just was the molex-sata power adaptor & I can reinstall the player with a new adaptor. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	28 Jun 2015 14:23
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	11 of 14

41516.11 In reply to 41516.10
Obviously it's useful to have it back in the computer, but how often do you actually use it? ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	graphitone	28 Jun 2015 18:46
To:	ANT_THOMAS	12 of 14

41516.12 In reply to 41516.11
FWIW, been using my DVD/Blu-ray drive a hell of a lot recently, been ripping my CDs and movie collection, so it's coming in dammed useful. Drawings n' that

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	28 Jun 2015 18:52
To:	ANT_THOMAS	13 of 14

41516.13 In reply to 41516.11
Fairly often, but critically for boot CDs (my pc doesn't support booting from usb). I have a usb-attached burner. ---- "This is America. I should be able to have a howitzer or a bazooka if I want one."

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	12 Jul 2015 13:58
To:	ALL	14 of 14

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Welp, it appears the dvd player is not going to be usable, at least not on the mb sata connector. I had tested for that by booting from it, and it worked fine. However today when I attempted to copy the contents of a photo cd to the hdd, it crashed both Fedora and XP. After disconnecting it I was able to copy the cd no problem from another, usb-attached DVD writer. ---- "Giant pig hot air balloon crashes after tangling with a cowboy-shaped one"

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