Hello everyone.
I am not sure that this is the correct sub-forum to post but i think its the closest to the problem i met.
One of our HP Proliant ML110 G5 servers was switched off and the computer room had the smell of burnt plastic...
If the server was powered on it continued to run and smoke came out almost immediately and the PSU did not switch off, at least until we powered down the server by hand.
The problem rests on a Y splitter molex to 2X Sata power adapter.
Our cable has a manufacture date 25/1/2008.
HP released a product recall just in Dec 2013. Of course we not informed about the problem.
Looking around the internet we seem to be "lucky", as many others had the entire computers destroyed by the fire.
It is worrying that the PSU's short protection does not kick in, but measuring the resistance of the shorted burnt plug (+12v to GND) shows about 50ohms which i think the PSU will not detect as shorted.
I posted here as it might help someone else to check if they are using the same adapters.
HP RECALL INFO
EDIT: some concerns about those adapters were posted here at:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...lex+sata+power
I am not sure that this is the correct sub-forum to post but i think its the closest to the problem i met.
One of our HP Proliant ML110 G5 servers was switched off and the computer room had the smell of burnt plastic...
If the server was powered on it continued to run and smoke came out almost immediately and the PSU did not switch off, at least until we powered down the server by hand.
The problem rests on a Y splitter molex to 2X Sata power adapter.
Our cable has a manufacture date 25/1/2008.
HP released a product recall just in Dec 2013. Of course we not informed about the problem.
Looking around the internet we seem to be "lucky", as many others had the entire computers destroyed by the fire.
It is worrying that the PSU's short protection does not kick in, but measuring the resistance of the shorted burnt plug (+12v to GND) shows about 50ohms which i think the PSU will not detect as shorted.
I posted here as it might help someone else to check if they are using the same adapters.
HP RECALL INFO
EDIT: some concerns about those adapters were posted here at:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...lex+sata+power
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