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The following information will be useful to anyone who owns or is considering the purchase of a Thermaltake brand PC case, specifically the Xaser III, or any of the cases mentioned on the home page of this site.  The information below is in reference to a wiring defect in the Xaser III case where the 1394 socket power pins (VG and VP) are swapped.  As a result, attaching either a bus-powered 1394 device or a device which uses a 6-pin to 4-pin 1394 cable to the 1394 socket located on the top of the Xaser III case will short out and destroy the device itself, the 1394 host controller (mainboard or PCI card) or both.

bulletPart 1 - Initial Discovery
bulletPart 2 - Determining the Scope of the Problem
bulletPart 3 - Our "Official" Test Procedure
bulletPart 4 - IEEE 1394-1995 Specification References
bulletPart 5 - What to Do if you have the wiring flaw

 

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