I remember studying the cables I had laying around because I was afraid of this. I lost track of which cables went to which PSU and spent a few minutes with a meter before using them. RIP, little SSD. It probably took 12v to the face. 
Topic: Tip: PSU cables from different manufacturers are DIFFERENT! (Read 687 times)
Yikes. I remember studying the cables I had laying around because I was afraid of this. I lost track of which cables went to which PSU and spent a few minutes with a meter before using them. RIP, little SSD. It probably took 12v to the face.
I remember studying the cables I had laying around because I was afraid of this. I lost track of which cables went to which PSU and spent a few minutes with a meter before using them. RIP, little SSD. It probably took 12v to the face. 
Crap!
I wasn't paying attention when attaching an SATA power cable to the Corsair PSU and grabbed one that came with the Seasonic PSU.
Apart from wire color they look alike: Corsair are all black, Seasonic are multi-colored.
Unfortunately they are pinned differently and so I did some barbecuing when I powered on the machine.
One SATA cable smoked (literally).
One 32GB SSD HD is dead as far as I can tell.
Motherboard seems OK so far.
Oh well.
It isn't a party unless something is broken.
I wasn't paying attention when attaching an SATA power cable to the Corsair PSU and grabbed one that came with the Seasonic PSU.
Apart from wire color they look alike: Corsair are all black, Seasonic are multi-colored.
Unfortunately they are pinned differently and so I did some barbecuing when I powered on the machine.
One SATA cable smoked (literally).
One 32GB SSD HD is dead as far as I can tell.
Motherboard seems OK so far.
Oh well.
It isn't a party unless something is broken.
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