Associate
Bodge:
The molex connector on my old 9800pro burnt out, so as a 'temporary' measure to get it running, I removed the remains of the old connector and soldered part of a cut-down molex Y-splitter in its place. I fully intended to get a new pcb-mount connector to replace it. That was nearly two years ago, and the card is still going strong in my brother's pc...
Blunder:
When I wanted to add an extra hard drive to my pc, I didn't have enough molex connectors to power it, so I used a home-made molex extension. What I didn't realise, however, was that I'd previously used the same extension cable to power some fans, and worse, I'd swapped the 5v and 12v wires so that they would run at 5v. Needless to say that hard drive never worked again, and I now clearly label any modded connectors!
The molex connector on my old 9800pro burnt out, so as a 'temporary' measure to get it running, I removed the remains of the old connector and soldered part of a cut-down molex Y-splitter in its place. I fully intended to get a new pcb-mount connector to replace it. That was nearly two years ago, and the card is still going strong in my brother's pc...
Blunder:
When I wanted to add an extra hard drive to my pc, I didn't have enough molex connectors to power it, so I used a home-made molex extension. What I didn't realise, however, was that I'd previously used the same extension cable to power some fans, and worse, I'd swapped the 5v and 12v wires so that they would run at 5v. Needless to say that hard drive never worked again, and I now clearly label any modded connectors!
This in fact tore the core into two uneven halves, with one part of it still stuck on the underside of the waterblock 
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