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So the power connector to my HDD just started melting..

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  • Components
  • Rapid Storage
  • Hard Drives
  • Power
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July 26, 2014 5:42:50 AM

Luckily I was sitting at my pc. I heard a weird soft noise, an "Intel Rapid Storage disk 5 disconnected" message appeared on my taskbar en then I smelled a strong sulfur like vagrance (you know, like those toy gun things). I immediately shut down my PC and opened it up. Somehow the power connector to my second HDD melted! I took it out obviously, pictures:




Can someone explain how this could've happened? There are no new components or cables in my PC (about three years old). Also, do you think the HDD is still good to go?

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July 26, 2014 6:49:18 AM

It's probably a problem with either your PSU or the SATA power adapter.
What PSU do you have and is the adapter a generic cheap one?

The HDD is probably as good as scrap now, you can see that a couple of the contacts are no longer there. You might be able to find someone who can fix it, but it wouldn't be worth the price even if it'd work afterwards (it probably still wouldn't).
July 27, 2014 5:09:50 AM

PSU is an Antec, the adapter is indeed a cheap generic one. I think my HDD will be fine, on the picture it looks like the contacts are gone/damaged, but that's really just some melted plastic gunk. I can get it off pretty good I think.
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