imac died after connecting external dvd drive

[prasinos1]

Hi all, I have put another thread about connecting an external DVD drive on my iMac and causing it to shut down and never coming on again and today I connected the same DVD drive on another iMac and that one restarted luckily instead of permanently going off. Can it be a case of this DVD drive short circuiting the iMacs? Regards

 

[Bigwaff]

Can it be a case of this DVD drive short circuiting the iMacs?

I certainly find it hard to believe. Unplug all peripherals and unplug the power adapter from the iMac and let it sit for 10 min before attempting to boot the iMac.

 

[Fishrrman]

Tell us more about the DVD drive.

Who made it?
Is it USB?
Is it bus-powered, or does it have its own power supply?

Take a pic or two and post them here.

 

[prasinos1]

Tell us more about the DVD drive.

Who made it?
Is it USB?
Is it bus-powered, or does it have its own power supply?

Take a pic or two and post them here.

Hi, it was one of those cheap ones without a brand name and i have put it in the bin unfortunately. It had a USB plaus its own power supply.

 

[prasinos1]

Tell us more about the DVD drive.

Who made it?
Is it USB?
Is it bus-powered, or does it have its own power supply?

Take a pic or two and post them here.

Does the imac has any safety tripping part to protect it from this kind of scenario? When i plugged the DVD drive on it i used the power supply from a different device and maybe that's what caused this problem.