Hello all
I'm not completely sure if this the right forum or not
I was replugging in all my stuff after the purchase of a new 10way extension lead, I happened to plug the connector of my external hard drive power brick (12V,2A) into my usb hub (5V,2.5A).. buzzing and foul smell followed.. only from the usb hub itself, it would seem.
From now on I'm going to be duct taping the correct power connectors to my external drives etc to prevent this. But is there something else that I can do or buy e.g. some kind of safety cut out device/motherboards/usb hubs that have this kind of protection built in.
Here's the kill stats:
*F* - faulty/not working at all.. as caused by overvolting of the hub.
*OK* - working normally, no faults apparent.
D-Link 4 port Usb hub and power adapter *F*
Apple keyboard *F*
Belkin numeric keypad *F*
Keysonic Wireless keyboard and trackpad Dongle*F*
Motherboard *F* (System won't post, no fans, no error beeps, no lights, no nothing)
CPU - unable to test... New PC arriving soon with different AM3 Socket.
Hard drives inside the PC *OK*
Razer mouse *OK*
Video card, sound card etc *Not able to test till next week*
PSU is a New 400W corsair with all the protection doodads, I would assume it is *OK*
I wonder.. is it worth looking into getting any of these parts fixed.. like only if it would be an easy thing to do.. in total the ram/cpu/motherboard/fried peripherals were worth about £170... not too concerned about that... first time I've ever had hardware fail on me like this.
would it wise to test the video card and sound card that I have in my new PC, if they are now faulty, could they cause similar hardware destruction in my new PC?
Thankies