startup PC not boot with more then one sata device connected.

[SpicySauceRat]

I recently got a shuttle pc for fairly cheap (I was looking for a itx but this was the next best thing) and I haven't had any problems with it until now. I bought a 4tb Western Digital HDD and installed it. The PC refused to boot past the American Megatrends bios splash screen just before the options to boot into bios and such show up. I tried switching which sata port it was plugged into and then it booted. However, i bought some 12v leds and wired them up to a sata power plug (Correctly as i've done this type of thing many times before) and the PC went back to not booting. Now no matter what it will not boot with more then one Sata device plugged in.

 

The PC model number is SH67H3.

CPU: i5 3470

RAM: 16GB DDR3

GPU: ASUS GTX 960

PSU: 300W Shuttle Branded PSU 80 PLUS GOLD

[Rainbow Dash]

Could be just that the psu is old that it's pretty weak now.

[Stefan Payne]

30 minutes ago, NoiseyFox said:

The PC model number is SH67H3.

Check if the Chipset is in the "B3 Stepping", if not the S-ATA Ports are probably dead.

the only other Thing you could do is either use a mini PCIe S-ATA Card (yes, they do exist) or connect the Drive via USB 3.0 if on the Board...

 

Other than that, you can only look what S-ATA Connectors work and wich do not. 

I'm not sure if it were the 6G or the 3G Ports that died on the P67 Chipset. But look it up...

Here some more Information about that Issue:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/4143/the-source-of-intels-cougar-point-sata-bug

https://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/motherboards/intel-sandy-bridge-chipset-flaw/1/

 

 

 

 

[manikyath]

before the leds were mentioned i thought of a mobo or configuration issue..

 

mentioning the leds.. what the flip is that power supply? my guess is some component there isnt happy about the amount of hardware in use.

[SpicySauceRat]

On 6/25/2018 at 6:00 PM, Stefan Payne said:

Check if the Chipset is in the "B3 Stepping", if not the S-ATA Ports are probably dead.

the only other Thing you could do is either use a mini PCIe S-ATA Card (yes, they do exist) or connect the Drive via USB 3.0 if on the Board...

 

Other than that, you can only look what S-ATA Connectors work and wich do not. 

I'm not sure if it were the 6G or the 3G Ports that died on the P67 Chipset. But look it up...

Here some more Information about that Issue:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/4143/the-source-of-intels-cougar-point-sata-bug

https://www.bit-tech.net/news/tech/motherboards/intel-sandy-bridge-chipset-flaw/1/

 

 

 

 

I've taken your advice in using the 6gb/s satas and that didn't seem to make a difference. I also, purchased a mpcie to sata like the one you linked and i still cant get past the post without it hanging. Any other suggestions? I plan to get a new psu, something with a bit more wattage. I have a idea of what i want and i'm no stranger to modding cases. 

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338054 This is what i'm looking at right now but if anyone has any other suggestions id love to hear them.

[SpicySauceRat]

The PC supports hotpluging satas as well, and if I enable that I can plug in the drive after boot and it works fine. Just won't post with them.

[SpicySauceRat]

I plugged in a laptop drive plus my ssd and it's booting fine. It's just my full size hdd that's causing it to not boot. Psu issue? Maybe I damaged the psu?

[SpicySauceRat]

Found it to be the 4tb hdd being formatted in exFAT to be causing issues. Reformatted it to NTFS and the pc boots fine now.