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Phoenix32 · 12-21-2006, 08:01 AM

If this is an SMD and is labeled FB, it sounds like a Semiconductor Fast Blow Fuse. It has been a long long time since I did any circuit board designs and I am a bit (read a lot) rusty, so I could be wrong, but that is what it sounds like to me.

I have pondered on this supposed other IDE type connector before (well for a few moments anywise) when it has been mentioned here on the forum before. Since a number of people have confirmed it is not another IDE channel, then we can eliminate that. If I was to take a SWAG here (Scientific Wild Assed Guess), I would guess it is a testing header or maybe even a way in which they connected to write the OS onto the blank hard disks? Has anyone ever traced the connections out to see where they go?

12-21-2006, 08:01 AM	#1276
Phoenix32 Thermophile Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 1,282	Re: Hack a Snap Sever 1000? If this is an SMD and is labeled FB, it sounds like a Semiconductor Fast Blow Fuse. It has been a long long time since I did any circuit board designs and I am a bit (read a lot) rusty, so I could be wrong, but that is what it sounds like to me. I have pondered on this supposed other IDE type connector before (well for a few moments anywise) when it has been mentioned here on the forum before. Since a number of people have confirmed it is not another IDE channel, then we can eliminate that. If I was to take a SWAG here (Scientific Wild Assed Guess), I would guess it is a testing header or maybe even a way in which they connected to write the OS onto the blank hard disks? Has anyone ever traced the connections out to see where they go?