Re: Grounding on the //gs

[Lockar <lockar@nospam.com>]

   Bill,

       I total agree with you on that.  However that is what happened. 
I had the back of the unit facing me, when I went to plug in the cable. 
I had a small twitch when I hit the side of the connector.  

    As for doing one thing at a time... Most of the time I am doing all
kinds things all at the same time.  But  not this time.  This time I
was actually only working at the problem at hand.

   -Lockar



In article <fPGdndz6-45Tc5zd4p2dnA@comcast.com>, Bill Garber
<willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> "Vince Briel" <vbrielnospamme@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:qKkMb.28587$xy6.72842@attbi_s02...
> : > If the spark just went between the two shields while the IIgs
> was
> : > turned off then it's very unlikely any damage resulted to the
> IIgs.
> : > The shield is connected to the ground wire and any current
> going to
> : > the shield shouldn't go through the computers circuitry. Of
> course if
> : > the spark did go through one of those 19 pins instead of the
> shield
> : > then that's a different story. About the only way to know for
> sure is
> : > to try a drive. I'd likely risk a 5.25" drive first.
> : >
> : I agree. I'd try a 5.25" first as they are more common. Appears
> to me to be
> : static. I have run into quarky gs power supplies that don't
> drop all their
> : voltage for about 5 minutes but my guess is static.
> :
> : Vince
> 
> May I also suggest enough room to work.
> Always give yourself space to allow you
> to turn your equipment around so you can
> actually see the connector you are attempting
> to connect the drive to, and only work on
> one thing at a time. Trying to troubleshoot
> more than one problem at a time can get very
> confusing.
> 
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