Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked

[Keiichi]

My psu was given free with my 'Zebronics Nagasaki' cabinet box. Together they cost Rs.1800.00

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Keiichi

My psu was given free with my 'Zebronics Nagasaki' cabinet box. Together they cost Rs.1800.00

You are staying in India? Now wonder you suffer so many power cuts. Don't you have those inverter-type of UPSes that use a lorry battery to run PCs for 2-3 hours?

Never heard of that brand before. Rs 1800 should be about RM 180 or USD 53. That's a very "low-cost" PSU.

[Keiichi]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

You are staying in India? Now wonder you suffer so many power cuts. Don't you have those inverter-type of UPSes that use a lorry battery to run PCs for 2-3 hours?

Never heard of that brand before. Rs 1800 should be about RM 180 or USD 53. That's a very "low-cost" PSU.

Yes ,I am staying in india....No i don't have those inverter-type of UPSes that use a lorry battery to run PCs for 2-3 hours.
Ok,and if my computer psu ever fails to work properly, i.e. if it supplies 24V instead of 12V , how can i understand that before it nukes up my entire system ????

[Chai]

That's the gamble you have to take if you are using cheap PSU. If I knew my PSU would blew up and kill every single thing connected, I wouldn't have a completely dead system requiring me to replace almost every single part.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Keiichi

Yes ,I am staying in india....No i don't have those inverter-type of UPSes that use a lorry battery to run PCs for 2-3 hours.
Ok,and if my computer psu ever fails to work properly, i.e. if it supplies 24V instead of 12V , how can i understand that before it nukes up my entire system ????

You should get those. Not expensive and it's better than having power cut from your PC.

Huh.. Isn't that obvious? These are delicate electronics that can only withstand a small range of voltages. If you feed a wire too much voltage, what happens? It overheats and melts. Same thing happens to the computer components.

[Keiichi]

My friend is a computer teacher and has five computers at home. One of his computers got nuked. A service centre suspected that the motherboard got killed. He then transferred his Lan card from the nuked motherboard to another machine and the new motherboard showed the same symptoms as the motherboard that got nuked before. Could it happen that his lan card killed his motherboard?
And Can nuked motherboard be repaired ? Please answer, anyone

[Chai]

Originally Posted by Keiichi

My friend is a computer teacher and has five computers at home. One of his computers got nuked. A service centre suspected that the motherboard got killed. He then transferred his Lan card from the nuked motherboard to another machine and the new motherboard showed the same symptoms as the motherboard that got nuked before. Could it happen that his lan card killed his motherboard?
And Can nuked motherboard be repaired ? Please answer, anyone

I've already deleted your earlier post due to off topic and double posting. Please start your own thread in a relevant section. Thank you.

This thread is meant for discussing HDD myths, not troubleshooting your motherboard problem.

[belikethat]

quotes for the LOLs

It's okay to drop a hard drive as long as it is not running
Yeah, right... You just drop your friend's hard drive, didn't you? It's an outright lie and you know it

No, your mouse did not bite a chunk from your hard drive while you were asleep.

Well, it is technically not true that hard disk drive companies cheat in the way they calculate storage space. Think of it as "creative manipulation of reality"Oddly enough, many accountants and stock traders who tried similar things have been thrown into jail.

Unlike ice-cream, hard drives really do not need to be frozen

[Adrian Wong]

LOL!! Glad you liked those.