I broke a bit off my dvd drive....

Dancing_Priest

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Hey All
Well anyway , when removing a power cable from my dvd drive I took off the second pin from the right (going left), it connects to a black cable, It seems to work fine , but I have no idea what that pin was for , Is there anything that I should be carefull about , and what the hell was that pin even there for?!

 

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Are u talking about a pin where the power cable actually connects? or something beside it?

 

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yeah, its the pin to which the power cable connects

 

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ok if it connects to a black wire that is one of the ground wires. as far as i know it may be a problem. If a electronic device is not grounded it could burn out i think. I would let one of the more knowledgable members to explain more throughly but im not sure i would want my dvd drive not grounded (u never know what might happen). i would disconnect it till u have a definite answer.

 

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Okay , Cheers for that , its a bit fo a bummer , as I Officially Finished my pc today(first time that the side pannel has been screwen on EVER!!) , oh well , here we go again ;-) , but how serious is this ?, could it kill my precious mobo?

 

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ground wire = black



i would try to solder either the pin back on, or try to get a replacement


certain things need to be grounded, and others dont


im not sure if dvd drives do


i would touch it and see if you can feel current going through it


im sorry i cant be too much of help

 

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Okay , cheers for that , But , I put by soldering iron down many moons ago in the Intrests of public safety....

 

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Is it the black pin next to the red wire, or the yellow wire?

The hard drive only uses one of the grounds, and I believe its the one next to the yellow (12V+) wire. If the hard drive needed this ground, it would not turn on, so you are ok .