Jim wrote: >Dear Listers, > >Imagine plugging your nice, shiny external firewire drive into your >computer, and moments later hearing an explosion and seeing a jet of >smoke shooting out the back of your enclosure! This is exactly what >happened to me THREE TIMES. <snipped tale of exploding drive enclosures>
How embarrassing to be at a jobsite and have your portable drive explode? Geez, heh heh heh, just glad it wasn't _me_! And the exploding "great(!!) drive" demonstration must have been a laugh riot too . . . NOT! I've got 4 of the ME-910F model and I've recommended the same to tons of folks just as did you. I sure hope those pyrocapacitors didn't find their way into this model. I haven't plugged one into an iMac or eMac however and if I do I'll now be _un-surprised_ if mine go bang too. Nice that at least Triumph got back to you with an explanation. Based on that communication you should have the Geeks replace those with a different model or simply refund your costs. That said, digikey.com (among others of course) has the part should you decide to repair it yourself. I'm curious what sort of voltage those iMac/eMacs are pumping out of their FW ports. It sure sounds like a very poorly regulated PS putting out an excessively high voltage. Can you measure some voltages, on both the exploder i/eMacs and the non-exploders? Thanks for the heads-up in any case! Dan K ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
