CompTIA
220-301 · Question #943
What causes an IDE hard drive to be damaged?
The correct answer is A. using a Y splitter where the 5 and 12 volt connectors are switched on one end. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What causes an IDE hard drive to be damaged?
Options
- Ausing a Y splitter where the 5 and 12 volt connectors are switched on one end
- Bconnecting one end of the IDE cable the wrong way
- Cconnecting to a defective power supply that only gives 5 volts on the 12 volt line
- Dforcing the IDE cable to the floppy drive connector
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A74% (25)
- B15% (5)
- C6% (2)
- D6% (2)
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