is it possible to destroy the system through an ssd connected on the PSU?

[Airbax]

So I made this: since my notebook is broken I thought I could safe the data by connecting the notebooks ssd to my PC Setup.

Without any research or thinking I just thought ill connect it and start and see what happens. But I made a big mistake:

 

Instead of connecting the small notebook SSD to an Sata cable or something like this, I accidentally took the Power Supply Cable from the PSU and connected it to the SSD.

I just saw that this cable is connected two both of my intern ssd in the setup and didn't think about it... than I try to turn on my computer and since that moment my pc won't give any signal to mouse, screens or keyboard. Instead the three debug LED (BOOT, VGA, RAM) are lid in solid red.. But everything else is working fine (all fans running (case, cpu, gpu) also the LED in the system are lid. 

 

Is it possible that I somehow created a short circuit and destroyed my setup?

[tkitch]

normal 2.5" Laptop SSDs have a SATA Power plug to plug in, in addition to a SATA Cable.

 

Laptop SATA SSDs are the exact same thing as desktop SATA SSDs.  So, no, plugging it into power didn't fry your system, unless something SUPER WEIRD happened

[Airbax]

3 minutes ago, tkitch said:

normal 2.5" Laptop SSDs have a SATA Power plug to plug in, in addition to a SATA Cable.

 

Laptop SATA SSDs are the exact same thing as desktop SATA SSDs.  So, no, plugging it into power didn't fry your system, unless something SUPER WEIRD happened

Thanks for the answer. Its an internal ssd 256GB SK Hynix. I didn't see any place to connect the same cable as to my desktop ssd which is a 500GB Crucial MX500 2.5".

[tkitch]

post a pic, that name doesn't mean anything.

 

[Airbax]

9 minutes ago, tkitch said:

post a pic, that name doesn't mean anything.

 

See the picture below. Basically I connected the ssd to this cable 

[tkitch]

......  Well, you 110% fried that drive.

 

That's an M.2 drive, and that only plugs into a motherboard directly, no cables at all.

 

Honestly, I have no clue if you could have fried anything past the drive.  Maybe?

[Ralf]

7 minutes ago, Airbax said:

See the picture below. Basically I connected the ssd to this cable 

Why im not surprised? If your PC still wont work after disconecting, then you killed one or multiple parts. Most likely the MX500 is dead too.

[Airbax]

4 minutes ago, tkitch said:

......  Well, you 110% fried that drive.

 

That's an M.2 drive, and that only plugs into a motherboard directly, no cables at all.

 

Honestly, I have no clue if you could have fried anything past the drive.  Maybe?

oh jesus. fuck me. I thought it was a big mistake. thanks for clarifying that. at least I know now that I won't get my data from that hard drive...

[Adorable Cat]

that's a m.2 SSD, it connects to a slot like this on the motherboard

you probably destroyed that drive by plugging it into a SATA power connector.. Disconnect it from the power supply and hopefully your pc will boot again, otherwise you'll probably need at minimum a new PSU.

 

 

 

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, Adorable Cat said:

that's a m.2 SSD, it connects to a slot like this on the motherboard

you probably destroyed that drive by plugging it into a SATA power connector.. Disconnect it from the power supply and hopefully your pc will boot again, otherwise you'll probably need at minimum a new PSU.

 

 

 

I think maybe it just fried the other drive... but I don't know obviously.  I would try an old / cheap hard-drive and see if the pc still boots...

 

 

Also idk if OP tried to put the m2 back in the laptop OR IF THAT'S EVEN A GOOD IDEA... 

 

3 hours ago, Airbax said:

since that moment my pc won't give any signal to mouse, screens or keyboard. Instead the three debug LED (BOOT, VGA, RAM)

so you removed the m2 card since then?

 

I would check if you have another sata power cable that came with your PSU and possibly another drive (Kingston ssds cost 20 bucks) and change that out, reset cmos and see if the pc works.

 

 

As for your crucial mx500, you can get a sata > USB cable (3-4 bucks) and see if your laptop can read it (over USB)

 

Just, what I would do, i guess.