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Recently I had some trouble with a Corsair HX750.
I purchased an EVGA Supernova 750 G2 power supply and swapped them out.
That is, I swapped out everything except 3 SATA cables. 1 cable led to an SSD, 1 cable led to a HD and an optical drive, and 1 cable led to a stand alone hd.
These 3 SATA cables were from the Corsair HX750 and fit into the EVGA Supernova G2.
All components connected to the second cable (optical drive and HD) failed immediately. There was a burning smell and the components were dead.
I traded out the Corsair SATA cables for the EVGA SATA cables on all 3 of the remaining cables.
The optical drive and the HD were still dead. However, the SSD and the stand alone HD worked ok, and they worked ok both with the Corsair cables originally and the new EVGA cables.
The stand alone HD is now receiving power through the SATA 2 port on the EVGA that originally fried the optical drive and the HD. However, using the new cable, but through the port that burned out, everything seems to be running ok. So the port that sent a surge to the original components is not currently malfunctioning.
Questions:Is there a way to assess damage to the SSD or the HD that originally received power through the wrong cables but did not appear to suffer electrical damage? Should we assume they did not get damaged if they are functioning adequately?
Is there a way to assess damage to the new power supply which appears to be functioning correctly (no more burning smell and the port in question is powering a component without issue)? Should we assume the power supply was not damaged since the surged port is functioning adequately?
Am I correct in assuming the damage is from the wrong cables, and not a bad power supply?
The computer never shut down or failed. The only symptom was a burning smell and the two components which failed.
Thank you
Update: I had Windows 8 check the remaining disks for error with no issue. All questions above still remain unanswered however.
Recently I had some trouble with a Corsair HX750.
I purchased an EVGA Supernova 750 G2 power supply and swapped them out.
That is, I swapped out everything except 3 SATA cables. 1 cable led to an SSD, 1 cable led to a HD and an optical drive, and 1 cable led to a stand alone hd.
These 3 SATA cables were from the Corsair HX750 and fit into the EVGA Supernova G2.
All components connected to the second cable (optical drive and HD) failed immediately. There was a burning smell and the components were dead.
I traded out the Corsair SATA cables for the EVGA SATA cables on all 3 of the remaining cables.
The optical drive and the HD were still dead. However, the SSD and the stand alone HD worked ok, and they worked ok both with the Corsair cables originally and the new EVGA cables.
The stand alone HD is now receiving power through the SATA 2 port on the EVGA that originally fried the optical drive and the HD. However, using the new cable, but through the port that burned out, everything seems to be running ok. So the port that sent a surge to the original components is not currently malfunctioning.
Questions:Is there a way to assess damage to the SSD or the HD that originally received power through the wrong cables but did not appear to suffer electrical damage? Should we assume they did not get damaged if they are functioning adequately?
Is there a way to assess damage to the new power supply which appears to be functioning correctly (no more burning smell and the port in question is powering a component without issue)? Should we assume the power supply was not damaged since the surged port is functioning adequately?
Am I correct in assuming the damage is from the wrong cables, and not a bad power supply?
The computer never shut down or failed. The only symptom was a burning smell and the two components which failed.
Thank you
Update: I had Windows 8 check the remaining disks for error with no issue. All questions above still remain unanswered however.
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