Secondary Slave

Brian Densmore DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Fri Dec 10 11:26:08 CST 2004


Whoa, cool! I'll have to find an old MB and dig
out a HD to try it on.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay 
> 
> Repeat after me... Hot-swap is only safe on drives that are 
> sold as Hot-swap drives.  Usually  SCSI, but I have heard of 
> other methods.  That's a quick way to burn up the controller 
> chip on the HDD circuit board.  I have seen it happen.  Nice 
> sparks and sometimes flames when they go.
> 
> Who's up for roasting marshmallows over a Quantum Fireball as 
> it goes out in a blaze of glory?
> 
[homer] Mmmmmm Marshmellooooooooooooooooow ...



More information about the Kclug mailing list