Ltar

I had 4 hard drives give out yesterday all at once, I dunno what's going on. They were all IDE drives in my fileserver at home, Any ideas what could have crashed them?

I think the PCB's might have shorted or something. I'll take pics and let you guys have a look at them.

Edit: It was definitely a power surge. PSU was a Ruger Redhawk .41 Mag. Pics moved to OP.

A few more pics on Pg 4.

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SmasherBasher

power supply.

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BlackOmega

can you test them on another machine?

Possible electrical surge?

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BigFan

That's rough I don't know what could cause HDD to fail, but, you mentioned one possibility, maybe a power surge? You could get an external to remove your data of them if its possible.

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kazakia

Chain Reaction.

Ltar

I think the motor might have blown on one of them. This is all I bothered to bring home.

Probably was a power surge.
My power supply was a Ruger Redhawk .41 magnum, do you think it might have caused them to fail? Ruger is supposed to make pretty reliable equipment.



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// Couldn't find all the case bits for the others, powerful PSU didn't make the job any easier.

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psu smoked them

OverclockTheStock

***** those look like they have been shot.

BlackOmega

Looks like some one shot em with a .50cal lol

EDIT: I take that back maybe a .40

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venom55520

this

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