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Hard Drive won't work after new PSU!

Wesley219
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I just got a new PSU, a EVGA supernova 750 watt. After a installed it, the hard drive won't spin up. The SSD works, and I have switched, unplugged, and replugged all the sata power cables. I I'm stumped, please help!

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How do you know it wont spin up?

Does it now show up in bios or windows?

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I just got a new PSU, a EVGA supernova 750 watt. After a installed it, the hard drive won't spin up. The SSD works, and I have switched, unplugged, and replugged all the sata power cables. I I'm stumped, please help!

can you test the HDD on another PC?

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How do you know it wont spin up?

Does it now show up in bios or windows?

It won't show up in bios or windows
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can you test the HDD on another PC?

Nope, it's the only pc in the house.
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Nope, it's the only pc in the house.

bring the HDD to your buddy house and test on his PC

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bring the HDD to your buddy house and test on his PC

I just don't get how it was working the day before, and suddenly stopped after new PSU. It's only 6 months old
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I just don't get how it was working the day before, and suddenly stopped after new PSU. It's only 6 months old

did you check the HDD physically for any damage?

 

i have a sinking feeling you plug the SATA power cable to the wrong port on the PSU

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did you check the HDD physically for any damage?

i have a sinking feeling you plug the SATA power cable to the wrong port on the PSU

There is no visible damage. I plugged it into the one the said SATA
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There is no visible damage. I plugged it into the one the said SATA

ok at least that is ok

 

so you are left with the testing the HDD on another working PC

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Oh. Also my h100i that runs off of SATA power wouldn't work until I switched the SATA power cable.

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New cables maybe if you can. dead connection ports happen to often for me.. I always run modular PSUs if i can

I just felt like I needed somthing here

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New cables maybe if you can. dead connection ports happen to often for me.. I always run modular PSUs if i can

It's a modular PSU. I have tried 3 different SATA power cables
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Do you guys think it's dead?

try testing if it spins up. the way you test is by listening to the drive when the system is powered on. hold the drive to your ear. if you hear a constant hum, then the platters should be spinning. if you hear nothing then there could be something wrong with the sata power cable or the drive is dead

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try testing if it spins up. the way you test is by listening to the drive when the system is powered on. hold the drive to your ear. if you hear a constant hum, then the platters should be spinning. if you hear nothing then there could be something wrong with the sata power cable or the drive is dead

Yeah, I have tried 4 different sata power cables, so I think it's dead

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Your sure the thing is plugged into the power supply right? Cause I made the mistake and all along the sata power cable wasnt connect to the psu. Also it maynot have enough watts to sustain the entire system. Also try plugging the sata power cable into different sata power headings on the psu because there are multiple headings so the one you are using maybe a faulty heading. Those plug in spots switch between them.

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