Smoke came out of my Sata cable!!!

[Lightmare]

I went to my old case and found a Sata cable. I thought it would be a good idea to use that cable to connect one of my HDD to the sata port in my new build. I plugged it in and then notice my PC wouldn't turn on. It would power on to show the lights on my fans and then nothing.

 

I trying again and again and then it finally booted up and BEHOLD, I notice white smoke coming out of the sata port in the mobo. I quickly took out the cable (hot to the touch) and then use a different cable.

 

The port is fine, but I am scared I might have damaged something. Am I just being paranoid?

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, Lightmare said:

The port is fine, but I am scared I might have damaged something

Yes, you have damaged something. SATA-cables don't just get hot without a good reason, let alone begin to smoke.

[Lightmare]

Just now, WereCatf said:

Yes, you have damaged something. SATA-cables don't just get hot without a good reason, let alone begin to smoke.

What could it be then? I used a different SATA cable and then everything worked again.

[Rocketdog2112]

4 hours ago, Lightmare said:

What could it be then? I used a different SATA cable and then everything worked again.

Probably nothing more than a shorted contact in the cable end itself. One contact has been bent over to the side touching another, possibly a low voltage and a ground. I seen this happen with phone charger cords which nearly resulted in a small fire.

[WkdPaul]

* thread moved to the Troubleshooting section *

[cr8tor]

8 hours ago, Lightmare said:

What could it be then? I used a different SATA cable and then everything worked again.

Sounds like a bad cable.

It happens.

If everything is working, particularly the drive it was attached to, count yourself luck and move on.