Subj : Grrrrr... To : Digital Man From : Mercyful Fate Date : Sun Apr 17 2005 01:53 pm Re: Grrrrr... By: Digital Man to Belly on Fri Apr 15 2005 01:28:00 > I have a dead DiamondMax Plus 9 (80GB) sitting right here. It (and the PC po > supply) died when I touched the computer case and discharged static > electricity. With a "pop" the computer turned off and wouldn't turn back on. > Replacing the power supply allowed it to boot again, but the Maxtor was dead > Funny enough, the primary hard disk in the system (a Quantum Fireball) was j > fine. haha that just sounds like an bad power supply and that propbably killed the hd, i don't think it goes it the other order.. :) But losing hd's is always sad.. i still ahave a 1 gig going in a temp os/2 box.. this thing is still alive after 9+ years.. well same with my monitor too which surprises me.. --- þ Synchronet þ theroughnecks.net - you know you want it .