Power issues?? How many HD's???

bloodline76 · 23 Jun 2008 at 18:16

I have three sata hard drives in my computer. Last time I upgraded I didnt bother installing my IDE drive again (Which has vista on).

I tried to do it today and it doesnt get past the post screen. Just freezes there. No beeps or anything.

If I unplug it, everything boots up fine.

Any suggestions? Is it too much power consumption? I wouldnt have thought so.

Thanks

PhillyDee · 23 Jun 2008 at 18:22

Do you have more than one device plugged into the IDE cable and are the jumpers on both set correctly?

bloodline76 · 23 Jun 2008 at 18:25

PhillyDee said:
Do you have more than one device plugged into the IDE cable and are the jumpers on both set correctly?

Only have that one device.

PhillyDee · 23 Jun 2008 at 18:43

Are the jumpers still set correctly though? Can you plug it intio a different machine?
I cant see it being powerr consumption unless you are running 2 pc's from that 700W PSU. Have you tried just plugging in the IDE drive and not the 3 sata's (Remember which port they came from!)? It could be a conflict somewhere.

bloodline76 · 23 Jun 2008 at 20:09

It might be a stupid question (hope it is) but does it matter which of the plugs I use, if i only have one device on the ide. So the cable is pluged in at the bottom, do i have to use the middle plug on the cable or can i use top?

ok i tried that ans sttill the same.

not tried unplugging everything yet.

fobose · 23 Jun 2008 at 20:51

I take it your unable to get in to the bios at all?

bloodline76 · 23 Jun 2008 at 21:31

fobose said:
I take it your unable to get in to the bios at all?

Yes bios does not load up at all

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 11:47

Any other suggestions?

jackassuk56 · 24 Jun 2008 at 11:59

Defo sounds like a conflict to me,

Get the same when the jumpers are set wrong when using just ide.

Remove all sata drives and try it then, cos sometimes they can conflict with the ide.

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 12:19

What are the jumpers supposed to be set to, because they worked before rebuild computer. I only unplugged so I could loan the cable to someone.

jackassuk56 · 24 Jun 2008 at 12:53

erm, for ide i always use cable select, That way as long as all the other ide drives are on cable select it still works.

However i dont know about sata that much as i havent used it much, but i have seen conflicts between ide and sata.

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 16:34

Ok. I have it set to master with slave present.

As I have dual boot with xp/vista (This being the vista) does it need to be marked as master or slave?

Or should I select cable select. I dont have any other ide devices on the computer.

Thanks

PhillyDee · 24 Jun 2008 at 17:09

Master.
Tried disconnecting the SATA drives temporarily?

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 17:14

PhillyDee said:
Master.
Tried disconnecting the SATA drives temporarily?

No not yet, i have it all tied up nicely so didnt want to do that really but it is getting near to that point now.

So firstly I should try changing it to master

If that fails, try leaving as master, unplug the sata (Can i just undo the ones that go into the mb?) then try again and replug in the sata after it is working?

jackassuk56 · 24 Jun 2008 at 17:46

yes, unplug the sata cables.

That should have been done when first sugested.

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 18:43

jackassuk56 said:
yes, unplug the sata cables.

That should have been done when first sugested.

Ill give that a try. I really didnt want to do that though as its all neat and tidy.

bloodline76 · 24 Jun 2008 at 21:21

Switched the jumper settings to master, left all the sata drives in. Had to run in safe mode to begin but works fine.

Now I just have to unplug and put it in the case as its hanging out the side at the moment.

But thanks as usual guys, best forum in the world for helpful people!

Thanks!!!

bloodline76 · 26 Jun 2008 at 12:18

Damn getting blue screen. Need to turn that back on to see what the problem is though.