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FIRE in my PC


I got an idea to solder my power cable that goes into my IDE to SATA converter to a double molex connector thing, so i didnt have to run another PSU cable.



So i soldered the wires together and heat shrinked em, plugged it all in and watched it set alight. It stunk so bad. It has really annoyed me.



So now i realise that the molex connector that i pulled form my box of bits n bobs has been wired so the 5 V red wire is fed into the 12V yellow wire, so effectively i just sent 12 V through a 5 v device. I spose i should have checked this before, what a silly mistake (damn fan manufacturers wiring their fans at full speed)



Some pics for you to laugh at if you want.



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taylormsj

are those expensive? because wow thats bad lol.

other then that, i would like to point you to newegg to actually buy a wire lol they cost like 4$

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lovely?

nope cheap.

What wire are you on about

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taylormsj

a splitter

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lovely?

i didnt think there would be anything wrong with this one, i just snipped it off an old fan, but it was wired for 12v not 5

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taylormsj

lol, Bummer man!



The pictures aren't working for me?

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Kornowski

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rmsj/burn2.jpg

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taylormsj

Ouch! The adaptors are only a few dollars, a much safer option

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ceewi1

What burnt? Pics kinda fuzzy.

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oscaryu1

black bit by the power pins

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