2.5 3.5 ide converters burnout

"Voytek Eymont" <[email protected]>
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what's the correct way to plug 2.5 IDE HD via 2.5/3.5 adapter to a
standard IDE cable ?

I;ve just connected my old notebook HD, and, the ribbon cable literally
went up in flames, I burned one of the wires in the middle of the ribbon
connector...

seems I had a dead short... did I plug it reversed, can that cause a short ?
or is it a faulty converter ?


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Voytek

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