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Just had that with a SATA SSD - looks like it had a power bus short and it blew a chip (dual FETs) on the caddy backplane. Lots of smoke.

Usual story: replacement part is about £0.50 and I could replace it in the lab, but postage for one part is £4.

Might see if I can get one as a sample, or from the Far East with 'free shipping'.

Many moons ago, I worked in the education sector and some smart kid ran a paper stapler up a keyboard lead, leaving it full of metal staples. The power short blew an axial fuse on the motherboard. The next user encountered a 'dead keyboard', so they swapped it for the one on the next desk..repeat 6 times before someone realised the fault was travelling with the keyboard...




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