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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!rhea!aduncan
- From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
- Subject: Re: +12v and +5v reversed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213343.10686@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1h4sj1INNgcv@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:33:43 GMT
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- From article <1h4sj1INNgcv@transfer.stratus.com>, by mjw@sw.stratus.com (Michael Wilson):
- ...
- > supply cable for a disk drive, reversed the locations of
- > the +12 volt and +5 volt connectors. Let's also take as
- [... ]
- > I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that perhaps
- > the windings on the stepper motor that drives the head
- > assembly is toasted. So the burning questions is - has
-
- Most unlikely - modern ICs intended to work forever on 5V feel unwell at
- a touch over 7V, and self destruct at 12V.
-
- > this sort of accident ever happened before and can the unit
- > be repaired, or am I now the proud owner of a 375 dollar
- > paperweight?
-
- Yes, unless you can team up with someone with an identical unit that has
- had a head crash. You might be lucky and be able to get the
- manufacturer to replace the electronics, but it might get awfully close to
- the cost of a complete unit.
- Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz
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