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Re: Calling all hardware gurus...

I let the magic smoke out of a HD one day by hooking up the power in reverse... ;-(((
- sjl


"Joe Pluta" wrote in message news:mailman.2093.1329251655.29960.midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx...

On 2/14/2012 12:42 PM, DrFranken wrote:
*WARNING* If you are running a larger system it may NOT run on the lower
voltages, that is those below about 200V. Always RTFM if you are
unsure!! Each Power Supply comes with a limited quantity of
non-replaceable magic smoke. :-)


Always my favorite hardware concept. Magic smoke. Been around since
the olden days; individual capacitors and transistors had the same
thing. I believe they absorbed it when you soldered them in place.

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