Originally posted here by nihil
Yes, on kit that had fried

Check the connectors to see if they show signs of discolouration. It may be the cable shorting.........any discolouration in any of the other cables or on the case?.

Better check all the fans and vents whilst you are at it, but I suspect a short. That may well have damaged the drive and/or MoBo

Good Luck
Its one of our DNS servers and I am starting to think this is going to be a long night... No other signs of discolouration on the other IDE cable in the system and it has a decent (Antec) powersupply in it. I will check around for shorts and get back to you. The hard drive seems to be working ok with the new cable, but Windows 2k Server will not boot all the way in. The other HD in the system has backup of the system state and I am thinking that wiping the drive and reinstalling on a new drive might be the best. Who knows what might happen to that drive in the future.