Computer wont load with hard drive plugged in (and hard drive set on fire!!)

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Normally a PSU will go down rather than take components out first. (Though there are plenty of stories of truly cataclysmic failure, it is their very memorability that skews the 'remembered' statistics).

Odds are it was just a dodgy HDD, especially as it was a Corsair. Given then spectacular nature of the HDD's demise though you would be wise to test the PSU if you possibly can.

Your next step is to RMA the HDD, noting the dangerous nature of it's failure!
 
Are you sure the power connector was attached to the HDD correctly? I've killed a few drives in my time by hurrying and not connecting the power correctly, the resultant arcing puts too much current through the drive and suddenly you're left with an expensive paperweight.
 
I mean it was alikely a HDD failure because the Corsair PSU is trusted, nearly a proper server specification.

RMA - Return to Manufacturer Advice.

RMA is the process by which the retailer (or Seagate directly)* gives you an RMA number after you inform them of the fault.

You then send the device to them with that number noted on the packaging. They send you a shiny new one.

In some cases they send the new on first and you put the brken one in the box they send.

Painless.

*Some companies will tell you to deal with the retialer - some will deal with you directly. Dunno about seagate.
 
Could be the mobo as well, i remember a good few years ago that happened to me, so i took the harddrive back and got a replacement, but the same happened again, so the guy told me to take my whole PC in which i did, he tried about 6-7 brand new drives and they all did the same, bang, and set on fire, he gave up then as he didn't want to waste anymore new drives :D , so he thought it could be the board, swapped it with a new one, and that was that, worked fine, so it was my board that was the problem, so it could be your board as well, just a thought, so id try and get hold of an old drive first to try. :)
 
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Looks nasty, mind you your other components should be ok though, as at the time i only had a cheapy PSU that came with the case i had, and all my other bits were still ok, and the Corsair is a top quality PSU. :)
 
Although may not be the motherboard, im going back about 10 years or so here, so i can't really remember what was caused it. :)

Come to think of it the PSU does ring a bell, but i cant see it what with it being a Corsair, but you never know.
 
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If its under 28 days then return it to OcUK, will only take a couple of days, as i cant see them testing a blown drive, so once they get it they'll probably ship you a new one straight out, just use the webnote to request an RMA for it. :)

It doesn't say on the descriptions that it has to go to Seagate, so i presume these guys first, as normally if its direct to the manufacturer then it says in the descriptions.
 
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