Can a HDD cause this?

happy_2008 · 13 May 2007 at 20:30

Spent all last night and this morning wondering why my new build wouldnt post and i managed to wire down the problem to my old C Drive which i think may have been damaged in my last comp after something started to smoke out!

Anyway, it appears that whenever i have the power plug plugged into my old harddrive nothing will post. Once i unplug this HDD everything boots up fine. I didnt realise that a HDD could cause all these problems, was expecting it to post but not find the HDD.

Anyone share my view :confused:

phi1 · 13 May 2007 at 20:31

Is it SATA or IDE?

happy_2008 · 13 May 2007 at 21:31

Its Sata......does it make a difference then....? Its only when the power plug is plugged in does it not boot

phi1 · 13 May 2007 at 21:32

Have you made sure its set to slave?

Dump it and get another SATA

happy_2008 · 13 May 2007 at 22:03

But my main question is can a HDD really cause a rig to not boot?

phi1 · 13 May 2007 at 22:04

happy_2008 said:
But my main question is can a HDD really cause a rig to not boot?

Yes.. A DVD drive could do the same.. lots off things can make it not boot..

artaxerxes · 13 May 2007 at 22:11

Definitely.

If any of the components connected to a decent PSU is shorted internally, the PSU should refuse to switch on!

Check the HDD on another strand of power cable - just in case you have a faulty wire.

happy_2008 · 13 May 2007 at 22:25

Definately appears to be the HDD on its own! Tried the new PSU on my old computer and everything powered up but no graphics :confused:

Not sure whether to keep the CPU, Ram and motherboard or jus dump it all!