31 Oct
2009
31 Oct
'09
4:38 p.m.
Before having applied power, you might have wanted to look up some
components and buzzed which of the pins that the power pins went to, or
looked at any voltage conversion tanks for clues to the supply in and
outputs before applying power in any way. It might just be that Molex
had cheap connectors that week, and you fried the thing completely
(sorry to be down, but it is a common connector)
Hopefully it is just that it needs the extra voltage. Weren't some of
the 8" drives triple voltage? it might have 5, 12, and 24 on 4 pins as
another guess.
Jim
Steven Hirsch wrote:
I just purchased one of these on ebay, but am unable
to find even a
shred of documentation on the web.
It's equipped with a "PC" style 4-pin Molex connector for power,
unlike the more usual 6-pin square connector used by all my other 8"
drives. What I'd like to confirm is whether this unit can actually run
on 12VDC. It does not seem to work correctly with 12V applied, which
could suggest either that it requires 24V or is defective.
Before I let the magic smoke out of it, does anyone know the proper
voltages for this drive?
Steve