If you plug in the wrong one of these, you can kill any drives attached.
EDIT: Ask me how I know. Seriously, the plugs on each end should define the pin-outs. If it fits, it should not be possible for it to destroy anything, fail gracefully at most. That used to be one of the major reasons for different plug types.
This is why, later in my career, I refused promotion to management. Your co-workers, including your bosses, pretend to like you, albeit for different reasons, and talk shit about you behind your back.
Had I known they were all doing that anyway, I might have taken the position when offered. I didn't like the idea of doing the bosses' dirty work, though, while they stayed in their cocoons.
Sometimes we lined up by height, and by third grade, I was always first. In high school, there were two guys a bit taller than me, though. They played basketball, I did not, I've never been good at sportzballing.
The "fat" kids we made fun of back then would be considered pudgy at most by today's standards.
In the same way that most tattoo artists won't do kids, even in states where it's legal with parental consent, most salons won't let kids tan-at least I hope.
If you plug in the wrong one of these, you can kill any drives attached.
EDIT: Ask me how I know. Seriously, the plugs on each end should define the pin-outs. If it fits, it should not be possible for it to destroy anything, fail gracefully at most. That used to be one of the major reasons for different plug types.