Hi all,
After having read various sticky(s) / sub-forums, I couldn't decide where this post should go (power or other), so I put it here, but please move it if it's in the wrong place.
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I have just built a new PC, taking the 2x HDD and 1x SSD (bootable) from the old PC. Everything else in the new PC is brand new.
The problem is, that the drives (all connected via SATA) and the optical drive (also brand new) do not power on. All connections are present and correct and going to the right places. I am certain the PSU is not at fault, as I bought a PSU power tester and all the cables were streaming correct voltages through. I have also tried in turn, creating a direct connection from the optical drive and HDDs to the PSU, but to no avail.
Nothing now seems to work on the previous PSU, either. I would like to think I haven't 'smoked' it, as I haven't smelt burning or such equivalent, but am I missing something? How can I truly determine if the drives are truly dead or not?
With regards to the Optical Drive, this hasn't powered on once, so I am assuming it could well be a DoA product, but I can't believe it would be, given as it seems to much of a coincidence that none of the other SATA things are powering up. Even when having connected the HDDs to the previous PSU, I can't hear anything whirring, though I doubt it would be on a simple data storage drive?
The LED (on the front of the optical drive) does not power on. I've already tried just a 'pure power' connection, i.e. no SATA data cables connected, and still no power to anything. But, I know there is power coming down the cables, as I tested them with a PSU power tester, and the voltage levels lit up. This was also the case with the old PSU. A faulty SATA controller had occurred to me, but I can't even get the things to power up, so I would assume that the onboard SATA controllers are fine, and that it's just a power issue.
HDDs and optical drive are plugged into the Intel SATA ports, not the Asmedia SATA ports. The PC boots to BIOS and can correctly detect CPU, RAM, Mouse and Keyboard, but there is nothing in the SATA list or bootable list. BIOS is upgraded to latest version.
I tried hooking up a data HDD to my old PSU, but I couldn't hear anything. Likewise, I connected the optical drive to the old PSU; nothing.
I have scoured the internet for solutions, including resetting BIOS, turning off PSU, CMR etc etc, but nothing ahs seemed to work. I do not know where to go from here, so any advice, would be hugely appreciated. I simply can't, or won't believe that all SATA 4 devices have been 'smoked'. I am completely stumped on this...!
Spec is as follows:
Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks
After having read various sticky(s) / sub-forums, I couldn't decide where this post should go (power or other), so I put it here, but please move it if it's in the wrong place.
****
I have just built a new PC, taking the 2x HDD and 1x SSD (bootable) from the old PC. Everything else in the new PC is brand new.
The problem is, that the drives (all connected via SATA) and the optical drive (also brand new) do not power on. All connections are present and correct and going to the right places. I am certain the PSU is not at fault, as I bought a PSU power tester and all the cables were streaming correct voltages through. I have also tried in turn, creating a direct connection from the optical drive and HDDs to the PSU, but to no avail.
Nothing now seems to work on the previous PSU, either. I would like to think I haven't 'smoked' it, as I haven't smelt burning or such equivalent, but am I missing something? How can I truly determine if the drives are truly dead or not?
With regards to the Optical Drive, this hasn't powered on once, so I am assuming it could well be a DoA product, but I can't believe it would be, given as it seems to much of a coincidence that none of the other SATA things are powering up. Even when having connected the HDDs to the previous PSU, I can't hear anything whirring, though I doubt it would be on a simple data storage drive?
The LED (on the front of the optical drive) does not power on. I've already tried just a 'pure power' connection, i.e. no SATA data cables connected, and still no power to anything. But, I know there is power coming down the cables, as I tested them with a PSU power tester, and the voltage levels lit up. This was also the case with the old PSU. A faulty SATA controller had occurred to me, but I can't even get the things to power up, so I would assume that the onboard SATA controllers are fine, and that it's just a power issue.
HDDs and optical drive are plugged into the Intel SATA ports, not the Asmedia SATA ports. The PC boots to BIOS and can correctly detect CPU, RAM, Mouse and Keyboard, but there is nothing in the SATA list or bootable list. BIOS is upgraded to latest version.
I tried hooking up a data HDD to my old PSU, but I couldn't hear anything. Likewise, I connected the optical drive to the old PSU; nothing.
I have scoured the internet for solutions, including resetting BIOS, turning off PSU, CMR etc etc, but nothing ahs seemed to work. I do not know where to go from here, so any advice, would be hugely appreciated. I simply can't, or won't believe that all SATA 4 devices have been 'smoked'. I am completely stumped on this...!
Spec is as follows:
- Case: Corsair 300R Gaming Case
- PSU: Corsair AX860
- Cooling: Corsair (CW-9060019-WW) Hydro Series H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler
- Case fans: Corsair Air Series AF120-LED 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow LED Fan - Blue
- Motherboard: ASUS X99-S
- CPU: Intel 5960k (8-core / 20mb cache)
- RAM: 1x 4gb / Crucial Ballistix BLE4G4D26AFEA Elite 4 GB DDR4 Memory Module (16gb on the way, though)
- Graphics: Asus GeForce GT 610 Silent NVidia
- Optical: Pioneer BDR-209EBK
- Storage: 1x SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD (Win 7 / 64-bit) / 2x Western Digital (3TB) WD30EfRX (data)
Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks
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