- Feb 27, 2014
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Ok guys, this is a bit of an oddity and could be a coincidence but I would appreciate some opinions on the matter.
I was recently repairing a laptop (ASUS K53TA). The guy dropped it and broke off both the power jack and part of the case it attaches too. He considered it a goner, kept the drive and gave it to me to be recycled for parts. I however decided to try fix it first so I managed to glue in a generic plug. There were no other problems with the laptop as far as I have been told.
Because he lost the power adaptor for this laptop, I used a 19.5 volt adaptor to power it (the original 19 volt was gone) however the amperage is exactly the same, and the voltage difference is too small to be causing problems, in my experience, I have used adaptors both half a volt lower and half a volt higher, with same or higher amps, and neither I nor my customers ever had a problem with this.
I used an old SATA drive to test it and install Windows on it. The drive was rather old (6 years) and was checked with Speedfan S.M.A.R.T. utility, Performance was 100%, fitness at 93%. However- after I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on it, - couple of hours down the road it had a BSOD. The drive died, and wouldn't be read at all when plugged in either in the laptop or to another PC by using a SATA to USB2 adaptor.
I do realize that the S.M.A.R.T. utility cannot check for mechanical errors or electronic components of the drive, that these are possible despite great performance/fitness report. But still, I find it a little suspicious. I am now almost superstitiously afraid to use another drive in this laptop thinking - what if, somehow this is an over-voltage thing that fried the drive.
Am I just being overly cautious? I have never dealt with such specific over-voltage problems in the past, and my rational mind tells that perhaps it's just a coincidence, - perhaps the drive had other problems, and it was its time to go? What do you guys think?
I was recently repairing a laptop (ASUS K53TA). The guy dropped it and broke off both the power jack and part of the case it attaches too. He considered it a goner, kept the drive and gave it to me to be recycled for parts. I however decided to try fix it first so I managed to glue in a generic plug. There were no other problems with the laptop as far as I have been told.
Because he lost the power adaptor for this laptop, I used a 19.5 volt adaptor to power it (the original 19 volt was gone) however the amperage is exactly the same, and the voltage difference is too small to be causing problems, in my experience, I have used adaptors both half a volt lower and half a volt higher, with same or higher amps, and neither I nor my customers ever had a problem with this.
I used an old SATA drive to test it and install Windows on it. The drive was rather old (6 years) and was checked with Speedfan S.M.A.R.T. utility, Performance was 100%, fitness at 93%. However- after I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on it, - couple of hours down the road it had a BSOD. The drive died, and wouldn't be read at all when plugged in either in the laptop or to another PC by using a SATA to USB2 adaptor.
I do realize that the S.M.A.R.T. utility cannot check for mechanical errors or electronic components of the drive, that these are possible despite great performance/fitness report. But still, I find it a little suspicious. I am now almost superstitiously afraid to use another drive in this laptop thinking - what if, somehow this is an over-voltage thing that fried the drive.
Am I just being overly cautious? I have never dealt with such specific over-voltage problems in the past, and my rational mind tells that perhaps it's just a coincidence, - perhaps the drive had other problems, and it was its time to go? What do you guys think?
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