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<So the zillion dollar question is, why the heck did the TK70 smoke like tha Likely a tantalum capacitor cooked. I've seen that on various drives. often if removed and the board cleaned up they still operate. They usually short just hard enough that a good power supply will smoke the offending cap. Generally if caught soon enough the no damage save for a bad cap cooked to a crisp. <Is the power connector not a 'standard' one? +5 +12 and GND little plastic <molex hood? Most of the TKs I know use the same power connector as a floppy/hard disk. <could try one without the metal plate but I'm not going to experiment on m <only two remaining drives! I'm guessing there is some "other" type of plat <for these drives. nope, standard plate. Maybe too long a screw? Allison