New PSU, HDD Trouble :(

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Hi all,

So i just setup my new Power Supply (Corsair HX1KW) after my last one died, and now i have HDD problems :(

Currently I have:
X1 Samsung 320GB SATA2
X1 Maxtor 300GB SATA1
X1 Maxtor 300GB SATA1

When i turn my PC on with all three drives plugged in, for some reason it will only detect the Samsung (SATA2) and one of the Maxtors (SATA1 - Windows Volume) but it will take an age to do this, around 10 minutes...

And then while loading windows, again this will take about 50 crosses of the XP loading bar so about 8 minutes to load . But the wired thing is if I have only the Samsung (SATA2) drive plugged in it finds it straight away.

So this leads me to suspect that either the SATA1 drives are slowing the system down to a crawl (Seemed fine with my last PSU), or the PSU just doesn't like SATA1 HDD's? but i am guessing that it should just work transparently with both SATA1, and SATA2?

So basically if you anyone has experienced something like this with a HX series, or any advice on how i can get it to detect all three of my drives without it taking a life time that would be great.

Cheers
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PS: My motherboard is a BFG 680i, however like i said all three drives worked fine with my last PSU which was native SATA1... And i have tried most wire combinations i can think of to get it to detect them :(
 
When your last one died, what happened to it? Perhaps it has damaged your maxtor drives and thats why it takes ages for your computer to recognise them. Do they work if you try each maxtor drive individually? SATA "1" hard drives are exactly the same as SATA "2" ones, SATA "2" just enableds additional features such as NCQ and hot swap, as well as the higher bandwidth.
 
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When your last one died, what happened to it? Perhaps it has damaged your maxtor drives and thats why it takes ages for your computer to recognise them. Do they work if you try each maxtor drive individually? SATA "1" hard drives are exactly the same as SATA "2" ones, SATA "2" just enableds additional features such as NCQ and hot swap, as well as the higher bandwidth.
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Cheers for the replay, Well really its wired if I plug them in on there own it doesn't detect them, but if I plug the SATA2 drive in on its own it finds it no problems...

the only way i can get it to detect at least one of the Maxtors is by having all three drives pluged in.. But when it does find the 1 maxtor (Windows Drive).. Although it takes ages to load windows, about 4 times as long as normal, once I am in windows everything works fine, i've just played bioshock for about 3 hours...

So maybe one drive is dead, but that still son't explain why it taking so long at POST to find them/ load etc.. One other note is that it has found all three drives but only once, but i had hit (Del) for bios so after that I had to restart and it didn't find them all again :(

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Can you try the two maxtors on another system to see if they work in there? I think that your maxtor drives might be dead..

Your system probably detects there is something connected at the other end of your SATA cable which is why it keeps trying to search for a device, I could be wrong though.
 
Yeah it seems trying the drive in another PC is my only option now... But if it's gone then its a disaster :(

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So I took the Maxtor to my dads and tried it there and it works... Which is good, but it's still pretty strange why my PC will only detect two of my drives and not that one :confused:.

What do you think are the chances of it being the new PSU?, obviously the problems have started since i put that in, but it seems to run fine once into windows and the rail's are rock solid it seems. mmm

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PS: My dad has a HX620 non modular, and I have the new 1000W Modular version!. I am probably going to ring corsair tech support tomorrow to see what they can tell me.
 
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Have you tried a different SATA power cable when using your PSU? Did you use different DATA cables when you tried it on your dads PC?
 
I'd try different SATA data cables. Had issues with faulty cables :(

If you suspect PSU, swap with your Dad's & test.

IMO I think previous PSU could have caused damage when it went & not just HD, maybe even mobo. How did it die?
 
Hi all,

Thanks for all the reply's, I have fixed it :D. Seems I just needed to put a jumper on the Maxtors to default the drives to SATA 150, because the PSU is so new (Latest ATX) and defaults to SATA 300...

I think for drives that don't have jumper slots, that they would auto negotiate the speed, but I had some jumpers laying around so...

Cheers
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